Plant Description:

• Widespread, upright, very conspicuous plant growing up to 1 m tall
• Leaves are heart-shaped at bottom and narrow to a pointed tip
• Flowers are in very dense clusters for most of the stem; fruits are reddish-brown
• Occurs in wet areas
• Stems can be cooked and eaten in the same was as rhubarb
• The yellow roots can be used to make a yellow dye
• Found at Stops 8 and 10

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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