Poaceae
prairie sandreed
Vilfa rigida Buckley
Indigenous Names: saŋtúhu ȟčáka
Traditional Food Use
Lakota
The mushroom is also a choice edible when
Ceremonial & Cultural Notes
Lakota
were used as pipe cleaners As with all puffball mushrooms when brown and dried, the powdery spores are used as an antibacterial styptic for wounds, especially on a purple spored newborn's unhealed navel.
Botanical Reference
Parts Documented: Various