Used by different peoples as a stimulant for horses. Plants or flowers were dried and ground and fed to the horses making them sprited, and higher endurance.
Medicinal:
Food:
Images
Plant in bloom
Flowers
Flowers closer
Leaves
Achenes ribbed.
Illustrated flora of BC
Range Maps
World Range: Amphi-Beringian; extending across AK to Hudson and James Bays, south into northern US.