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Flora and Fauna of the Ochethi Sakowin (the "Great Sioux Nation")

The Ochethi Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires (or "Great Sioux Nation") identified the native species of flowers and plants of the Great Plains. The only difference between this guide and another guide about flowers and plants is that this one includes the flower or plant in the language of the ...more ↓

Čaphúta Hú (Elder Berry Stem), or Black Elderberry 1
Sambucus nigra
Waptá Yahúžiži (Cut Yellow-Peelings), Waptá Yaȟlá (Cut and Peel), Waptá Yaȟóta (Cut and Breath-in), or Black-Snakeroot 2
Sanicula marilandica
Ók šašá (lit. “? Very-red”), or Bloodroot 3
Sanguinaria canadensis
Wablúška Ȟúha Óta Pȟeží (Many Insects’ Legs Grass), or Tumble Grass 4
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Pšá Čhiŋčá (Little Sneeze), Giant Bulrush, or Soft-stemmed Bulrush 5
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Pȟeží Šašá Swúla (Slender Red Grass), or Little Bluestem 6
Schizachyrium scoparium
Pȟeží Iwíčhakȟoyaka (Grass which They Wear), or Pale Bulrush 7
Scirpus pallidus
Psá (Reed), or Bulrush 8
Scirpus
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Sutá (Hard Hollow-stalk), or Riddell's Ragwort 9
Senecio riddellii
Maštíŋčaphuté (Rabbit Nose), or Silver Buffaloberry 10
Shepherdia argentea
Čhaŋšíŋšiŋla (Little Tree Sap), or Compass Plant 11
Silphium laciniatum
Čhaŋšíŋšiŋla Tȟáŋka (Big Little Tree Sap), or Cup Plant 12
Silphium perfoliatum
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Wablúška Hú (Insect Leg Hollow-stalk), or Tumble Mustard 13
Sisymbrium altissimum
Waȟpé Ská (White Flower), or Water Parsnip 14
Sium suave
Zuzéča Tȟawóte Ptápta Ikȟóyaka (Snake Food in Sticky Bunches), Jacob’s Ladder, or Smooth Carrion Flower 15
Smilax herbacea
Špáŋšniyútapi Iyéčheča (Like a Melon), or Buffalo Bur 16
Solanum rostratum
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Škiškíta (Ridged Hollow-stalk), or Cutleaf Nightshade 17
Solanum triflorum
Waȟčáziblu (Yellow Powder Flower), or Canada Goldenrod 18
Solidago canadensis
Čhaŋnúŋǧa Hú Pteptéčela (Little Tree-Ears Stem), or Missouri Goldenrod 19
Solidago missouriensis
Waȟpé Zí Čík’ala Iyéčheča (Looks Like Little Yellow Flowers), or Perennial Sow Thistle 11
Sonchus arvensis
Makȟátomniča Hú Ȟolȟóta (Greyish Wild Bean Stem), Mescal Bean, or Silky Sophora 20
Sophora nuttalliana
Pȟeží Šašá Íŋkpa Žiží (Yellow Tipped Red Grass), or Indian Grass 21
Sorghastrum nutans
Saŋtúhu Iyéčheča (Looks like a Kind of Red Grass), or Prairie Cordgrass 22
Sporobolus michauxianus
Heyókȟa Tȟapȟéžuta (Contrary Medicine), or Scarlet Globemallow 8
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Pȟeží Tȟakȟáŋ (Sinew Grass), or Sand Dropseed 8
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Omníča Hú (Beanstalk), or Slickseed Fuzzy Bean 23
Strophostyles leiosperma
Uŋšúŋgnasapi Hú (Stalk Our Horses use in Big Hunts), Zuzéča Tȟawóte (Snake Food), Wolfberry, or Western Snowberry 24
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Waȟčá Zí (Yellow Flower), or Common Dandelion 25
Taraxacum officinale
Wazímna (Pine Root), Wazímniŋkpa (Tips of the Pine), or Purple Meadow Rue 26
Thalictrum dasycarpum dasycarpum
Waȟpé Šóta (Smoke Flower), or False Lupine 8
Thermopsis rhombifolia
Apé Mázaská (Silver Leaf), or Field Penny Cress 27
Thlaspi arvense
Ȟaŋté (Cedar), or Western Redcedar 28
Thuja plicata
Híŋta (Basswood), or Basswood 29
Tilia americana
Iȟ’éȟ’e Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ (Rock Hollow-stalk), or Easter Daisy 20
Townsendia exscapa
Wikȟóška Tȟapȟéžuta (Medicine of the Young Women), or Western Poison Ivy 12
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Pȟáŋpȟaŋla (Delicate Hollow-stalk), or Longbract Spiderwort 30
Tradescantia bracteata
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Pȟáŋpȟaŋla (Delicate Hollow-stalk), or Bluejacket 31
Tradescantia ohiensis
Waȟčá Zí Iyéčheča (Looks like a Yellow Flower), or Yellow Salsify 32
Tragopogon dubius
Čháŋ Siŋté (Tree Tail), or Turkey Tail Mushroom 33
Trametes versicolor
Blayé Ziŋtká Tȟačȟáŋ (Plant of the Plains Birds), or Red Clover 34
Trifolium pratense
Blayé Ziŋtká Tȟačháŋ Ská (White Plant of the Plains Birds), or White Clover 35
Trifolium repens
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Kčaŋkčáŋla (Tall and Pliable Hollow-stalk), or Western/Slimpod Venus’ Looking Glass 36
Triodanis leptocarpa
Čhelí (Cattail), or Cattail 37
Typha latifolia
P’éčhaŋ (Elm), or American Elm 38
Ulmus americana
P’etúŋtuŋpa (Slippery Elm), or Slippery Elm 39
Ulmus rubra
Čhaŋíčaȟpehu (Tree to Knock Down With), or Stinging Nettle 40
Urtica dioica
Čhaŋ Wíziye (Yellow Paint Wood), or Old Man’s Beard 41
Clematis vitalba
Háza (Huckleberry), or Huckleberry 42
Vaccinium membranaceum
Apé Hiŋšmá (Thick Fur Leaf), or Great Mullein 43
Verbascum thapsus
Apé Sloháŋ (Creeping Leaf), Bigbract Verbena, or Prostrate Vervain 44
Verbena bracteata
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Pȟežúta (Medicine Hollow-stalk), Pȟéstola (Sharp Point), or Blue Vervain 45
Verbena hastata
Tȟopȟéstola (Blue Point), or Hoary Vervain 46
Verbena stricta
Tȟal’ágnake Iyéčheča (Looks like the Plant upon which they Lay Meat), or Ironweed 31
Vernonia fasciculata
Waȟpé Pȟáŋpȟaŋla (Delicate Flower), or Culver’s Root 47
Veronicastrum virginicum
Mnahú (Smelly Stalk), or Nannyberry 48
Viburnum lentago
Tȟasúsu (Pair of Testicles), or American Vetch 49
Vicia americana
Waȟpé Tȟó (Blue Flower), Prairie Violet 31
Viola pedatifida
Čhaŋwíyapeha Iyúwi (It Binds and Tangles around the Tree), or Wild Grape 50
Vitis riparia
Tȟáȟča Nakpá (Deer Ear), or Mule’s Ear 51
Wyethia amplexicaulis
Wináwizihútkȟaŋ Ȟča (Blossoming Jealous Woman’s Root), or Cocklebur 52
Xanthium strumarium
Hupȟéstola (Sharp-pointed Stem [Leaves]), Soapweed, or Yucca 53
Yucca glauca
Pšíŋ Hublóka (Male Stalk Onion), or Death Camas 30
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Psíŋ (Wild Rice), or Wild Rice 54
Zizania aquatica
Ziŋtkála Tȟačháŋ (Birds’ Tree), or Blue Wild Indigo 55
Baptisia australis
Wazímniŋkpa Iyéčheča (Looks like Pine Root Points), or Rocky Mountain Blazing Star 13
Liatris ligulistylis
Waȟčázi Wašté (Pretty Sunflower), Purple Prairie Aster, or Tahoka Daisy 56
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Pšiŋšíčamna (Bad Smelling Onion), Wild Onion, or Drummond’s Onion 56
Allium drummondii
Waȟčáziša (Red Sunflower), Firewheel, or Indian Blanket Flower 57
Gaillardia pulchella
Waŋyéča Swúla (Slender Firefly), Pȟeží Swúla (Slender Grass), or Field Horsetail 58
Equisetum arvense
Waŋyéča Hú Tȟáŋka (Great Firefly Stem), or Rough Horsetail 59
Equisetum hyemale
Ȟaŋté Šá (Red Cedar), or Eastern Red Cedar 60
Juniperus virginiana
Wazí Čháŋ (Pine Tree), Lodgepole Pine 61
Pinus contorta
Wazíȟčaka (Very Best Pine), or Black Hills Spruce 62
Picea glauca densata
Bló (Potato), Indian Potato, or American Groundnut 63
Apios americana
Makȟátomniča (Bean Cache), Wild Bean, or Trailing Fuzzy-Bean 64
Strophostyles helvola
Omníča (Bean), or Common Bean 65
Phaseolus vulgaris
Ápe Yámni (Three Leaves), or Black Medick 66
Medicago lupulina
Waȟpé Pȟeží (Flower Grass), or Alfalfa 67
Medicago sativa
Waȟpé Swúla (Slender Flower), or Yellow Sweetclover 43
Melilotus officinalis
Ziŋtkála Tȟawóte (Birds’ Food), or Spanish Clover 68
Acmispon americanus
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Nabláya (Unfolding Hollow-stalk), or Silky Lupine 69
Lupinus sericeus
Wókaȟtaŋ Blaskáska (lit. “It-soaks-in Very-flat”), or Showy Tick-Trefoil 22
Desmodium canadense
Ȟaŋté Pȟepȟé Iyéčheča (Looks Like Prickly Cedar), Illinois Tick-Trefoil 31
Desmodium illinoense
Wináwizi Čík’ala (Little Jealousy), or Wild Licorice 61
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Čhošáša (Red Core), or Common Milkpea 70
Galega officinalis
Pȟežúta Ská Hú (White Medicine Stem), Šuŋkówašakala (Horses-are-easy-to-get-on-it), or Canadian Milkvetch 61
Astragalus canadensis
Pté Tȟawóte (Food of the Bison), Tȟatȟáŋka Omníča (Bison-Bull Bean), or Ground-Plum 8
Astragalus crassicarpus
Núŋǧopȟaya Yazáŋ Pȟežúta (Medicine for an Earache), Threeleaf Milkvetch, or Plains Orophaca 71
Astragalus gilviflorus
Pȟežúta Skúya (Sweet Medicine), or Slender Milkvetch 8
Astragalus gracilis
Pȟežúta Ská Hú (The Stem is White Medicine [Poison]), Šuŋkléža Hú (Horse-urine Stem), or Racemose Milkvetch 72
Astragalus racemosus
Šunktȟápȟežuta (Horse Medicine), or Purple Locoweed 73
Oxytropis lambertii bigelovii
Ziŋtkátȟačháŋ (Tree of the Birds), Ziŋtká Wóte (Bird Food), Tȟatȟáŋka Hotȟúŋ (Voice of the Bison Bull), Pté Hotȟúŋ (Voice of the Bison [Cow]), Šuŋgtȟáwote (Horses’ Food), or Leadplant 74
Amorpha canescens
Ziŋtkátȟačháŋ (Birds’ Tree), Ziŋtkátȟačháŋ Mniáglagla Uŋpí (Birds’ Tree Along-the-water edge-of), Šuŋgtȟáwote (Horses’ Food), or False Indigo 75
Amorpha fruticosa
Tȟokȟála Tȟapȟéžuta (Kit Fox’s Medicine), or Golden Prairie Clover 76
Dalea aurea
Tȟokȟála Tȟapȟéžuta Hú Bloká (Kit Fox’s Medicine Stem Male), or White Prairie Clover 77
Dalea candida
Heȟáka Tȟapȟéžuta (Medicine of the Elk), or Nine-Anther Prairie Clover 4
Dalea enneandra
Tȟokȟála Tȟapȟéžuta Hú Wíŋyela (Kit Fox’s Medicine Stem Female), or Purple Prairie Clover 78
Dalea purpurea
Bláye Ziŋtkátȟačhaŋ Hustóla (Plains Bird-tree Asparagus), Čhasmú Huȟólȟota (Sandy Greystem), Waptáya Huȟólȟota (Greystemmed Weed), or Silky Prairie Clover 66
Dalea villosa
Matȟó Tȟathíŋpsila (Bear Turnip), or Silvery Scurfpea 79
Pediomelum argophyllum
Thíŋpsila (PrairieTurnip), Turnip, or Large Indian Breadroot 80
Pediomelum esculentum

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