Bitterroot flower

I started learning herbs from an ethnobotanist and so even on the first day of class we were out wildcrafting. I remember circling around the cedar tree, giving thanks, and then gathering needles to make an infused oil. I asked her what plantain was, later she pointed out her comfrey beginning to grow for the season and I was absolutely hooked. Wildcrafting for food and medicine just made sense to me, an inherent human right had been reestablished. We harvest a lot of food and medicine for…

National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 6/Our State Flowers/The Bitter Root - Wikisource, the free online library

Enter the high country of Montana in late May or early June and you may see a striking pale pink flower. Few plants can rival the lovely bloom of the…

Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) in bloom along Tronsen Ridge, Wenatchee National Forest, Wenatchee Mountains, Washington State, USA, July, Bitterroot_Lewisia-6

Bitterroot Flower

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Indian people all regard the bitterroot with solemn reverence. No other root may be harvested until the annual First Roots ceremony.

This page is the Native Shrub Identification Guide. The links below, however, go beyond the shrub and include a wide variety of plants. The order of links: TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, ARIZONA, UT…

The beautiful pink flowers of the Bitterroot have been Montana's official state flower since 1895 — one of the oldest symbols of the Treasure State.