Plant Description:

• A single leaf on a stalk that divides into 3 parts, then divides into 3 or 5 leaflets that are oval in shape and pointed at the end
• Leaflets are dark green on top and pale green on bottom
• Flowers are green; fruits are green when immature and purplish-black when mature
• Natives would chew on the roots for energy
• Can be made into a tea to treat heart pain, stomach upset and liver problems
• Woods Cree natives used this plant's teas to treat infected gums of teething babies and pneumonia
• Found at Stop 1 - on the Intrepretive Nature Trail

 

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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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