Apiaceae
Gardner's yampah
Perideridia gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Mathias
Indigenous Names: Yeneinit (Meaning: “It is four”), Ano-neve-e?tose
Traditional Food Use
Arapaho
Used as food
Cheyenne
Roots scraped, dried and stored for winter use. Roots also cooked, dried, pulverized and eaten as mush Additional commentary: Dried roots cooked and used as a mush by pouring soup over them
Medicinal Documentation
Cheyenne
Roots used as an ingredient in medicines. Additional commentary: Mary Fisher and Josephine Limpy explained that the roots were used as an ingredient in various medicines.530 Grinnell mentioned that they were boiled with the roots, stems, and leaves of Balsamhoriza sagittata.531
Botanical Reference
Parts Documented: Not specified in the literature, root, roots
Distribution: Dry to moist, open or wooded areas; plains to montane; Alberta, Canada to New Mexico