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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 ↓

Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Hutkȟáŋ Háŋska (Long Root Hollow-Stalk), or Lance-leaved Scurfpea 1
Ladeania lanceolata
Waȟpé Ská Čík’ala (Little White Flower), or White Milkwort 2
Polygala alba
Wažúšteča (Strawberry), or Wild Strawberry 3
Fragaria vesca
Zuyá Pȟežúta (War Medicine), Common Silverweed, or Shrubby Cinquefoil 4
Potentilla anserina
Čhaŋkȟályapi Zí (Yellow Tree-tea), or Shrubby Cinquefoil 5
Dasiphora fruticosa
Kȟáŋta (Plum), or American Plum 6
Prunus americana
Aúŋyeyapi (Sand Cherry), or Sand Cherry 7
Prunus pumila
Čhaŋpȟáhu (Chokecherry Bush), or Chokecherry 8
Prunus virginiana
Tȟakȟáŋhečala Hú (Stem Like-sinew), Wild Raspberry 9
Rubus occidentalis
Uŋžíŋžiŋtka Hú (Prairie Rose Bush), or Prairie Rose 9
Rosa arkansana
Uŋžíŋžiŋtka Hú (Prairie Rose Bush), or Wood’s Rose 10
Rosa woodsii
Piŋkpá Hiŋšmá (Fuzzy Head), or Prairie Smoke 11
Geum triflorum
Wípazutkȟahu (“Juneberry Bush”), also called Saskatoon or Serviceberry 12
Amelanchier alnifolia
Matȟó Tȟaspáŋ (Bear Apple), Tȟaspáŋ Hú (Apple Branches), or Fleshy Hawthorn 13
Crataegus succulenta
Tȟaspáŋnačhaŋ (Little Apple Tree), Prairie Crabapple 13
Malus ioensis
Uŋpȟáŋ Tȟawóte (Food of the Female Elk), Inland Ceanothus 14
Ceanothus herbaceus
Čhaŋská (White Wood), or White Mulberry 15
Morus alba
Wínakapo (It is Filled with Air), or Common Hops 16
Humulus lupulus
Waȟpé Čhaŋlí (Tobacco Flower), or Bearberry 17
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waȟčázi Špaŋšpáŋžela (Downy Sunflower with a Hollow-Stalk) or Tufted Loosestrife 18
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Yažókapi Hú (They Suck on the Stem), White Flowered Gilla, or Flaxflowered Ipomopsis 19
Ipomopsis longiflora
Waȟpé Pȟepȟé (Prickly Flower), or Prairie Phlox 20
Phlox andicola
Čhaŋšáša (Red Tree), or Red Osier Dogwood 21
Cornus sericea
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Maȟ’áwaŋglakela (The Geese Watch Over this Hollow-Stalk), or Ten-Petal Stickleaf 22
Mentzelia decapetala
Tȟókahu Pȟepȟé (Thorny Enemy-Limb), Sand Lily, or Bractless Blazing Star 23
Mentzelia nuda
Wahíŋheya Íphiye (lit. “Mole To-make-full”), Waȟčáȟča Hú Bloká (lit. “Blossom Stalk Male”), or Swamp Milkweed 24
Asclepias incarnata
Čhešlóšlo Pȟežúta (Diarrhea Medicine), Pȟeží Swúla Čík’ala (Short Slender Plant), Ȟaŋté iyéčheča (It Resembles Cedar), Plains Milkweed, or Dwarf Milkweed 25
Asclepias pumila
Itóptasapa Tȟapȟéžuta (Medicine of the Black-Footed Ferret), Pȟaŋnúŋpala (Two Little Heads), Waȟčáȟča (Blossom), or Showy Milkweed 26
Asclepias speciosa
Thíŋpsila Pȟežúta (Turnip Medicine), or Slimleaf Milkweed 27
Asclepias stenophylla
Pȟaŋnúŋpala (Two Little Heads), Waȟčáȟča (Blossom), or Common Milkweed 28
Asclepias syriaca
Waȟpé Thíŋpsila (Turnip Leaf), or Whorled Milkweed 29
Asclepias verticillata
Húčhiŋška (Spoon-Shaped Stem), Green Milkweed 30
Asclepias viridiflora
Napéoilekiyapi (It Causes Their Hands To Burn), or Hemp Dogbane 31
Apocynum cannabinum
Waȟpé Wáčhaŋǧa Húbloka (lit. “Flower Sweetgrass Male-stem”), or Catchweed Bedstraw 32
Galium aparine
Northern Bedstraw 33
Galium boreale
Waȟpé Wáŋčaǧa Húwiŋyela (lit. “Flower Sweetgrass Female-stem”), or Fragrant Bedstraw 7
Galium triflorum
Kapȟópa (Pops Open), Waȟčá Wašté (Good Flower), or Closed Bottle Gentian 34
Gentiana andrewsii
Pȟežúta Zí (Yellow Medicine), or Downy Gentian 35
Gentiana puberulenta
Apé Šóka (Thick Leaf), or Common Purslane 36
Portulaca oleracea
Uŋkčéla Blaská (Flat Cactus), Uŋkčéla Tȟáŋka (Big Cactus), Plains Prickly Pear, or Starvation Prickly-Pear 37
Opuntia polyacantha
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Hutkáŋ Sapsápa Šuŋgtȟáwote (Black Root Hollow-Stem What-Horses-Eat), or Yellow Buckwheat 38
Eriogonum flavum flavum
Táku Šašála Hú Iyéčheča (lit. “Something Very-Red Stem Looks-like”), Water Dock, or Tall Dock 39
Rumex altissimus
Oskúya (Sour), Western Dock, or Scottish Dock 40
Rumex aquaticus
Waȟpé Skúya (Sweet Leaf), or Curly Dock 41
Rumex crispus
Waȟpé Skúya (Sweet Leaf), or Winged Dock 42
Rumex venosus
Táku Šašála (Little Red Thing), or Water Smartweed 43
Persicaria amphibia
Táku Šašála Hú Wíŋyela (Female Little Red Stem), or Pale Smartweed 44
Persicaria lapathifolia
Táku Šašála Swúla (Little Fine Red Things), or Lady’s Thumb 39
Persicaria maculosa
Táku Šašála Swúla (Little Fine Red Things), or Pinkweed 45
Persicaria pensylvanica
Waȟčá Ská Čík’ala (Little White Flower), Low Baby’s-Breath 46
Gypsophila muralis
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Ókhihetȟuŋ (Jointed Hollow-Stalk), or Hairy Four-o’Clock 47
Mirabilis hirsuta
Huókhihe Háŋskaska (Tall Jointed Stem), Narrowleaf Umbrellawart, or Narrowleaf Four-o’Clock 48
Mirabilis linearis
Poíphiye (Medicine for Swelling), Čaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waštémna (Fragrant Weed), Prairie Four o'Clock, or Wild Four o'Clock 13
Mirabilis nyctaginea
Waȟpé Tȟotȟó (Blue Leaf), Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Íŋkpa Gmigméla (Round Tipped Weed), or Common Lamb's-Quarters 49
Chenopodium album
Waȟpé Yatȟápi Iyéčheča (lit. "Flower To-chew Similar-to"), or Red Amaranth 50
Amaranthus cruentus
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Owíčak’o (lit. “Hollow-stalk Boundary-line”), or Winged PigweedWinged Pigweed 51
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Zuzéča Tȟawóte (Food of the Snakes), Waȟlókapi Šni Pȟežúta (Impervious Medicine), or American Bittersweet 52
Celastrus scandens
Tȟókahu (Enemy Stem), or Wavyleaf Thistle 11
Cirsium undulatum
Tȟókahu (Enemy Stem), or Musk Thistle 53
Carduus nutans
Waȟpé Tȟáŋka (Big Leaf/Leaves), or Lesser Burdock 45
Arctium minus
Waȟpé Íŋkpa Žiží (Yellow Tipped Flower), Wild Lettuce, or Prickly Lettuce 54
Lactuca serriola
Ažúŋtka Yazáŋpi (Aching Kidney), Wablúška Hiŋšmá Iyéčheča (Like a Hairy Insect), or Blue Lettuce 55
Lactuca tatarica pulchella
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Hú Čháŋ (Hollow Wooden Stalk), Šwúla Un Hé Tuktéktel Yuŋké (It Drips [sap] When it is Bent), Makȟá Čhaŋš’iŋhu (Earth Sap), or Rush Skeletonplant 56
Lygodesmia juncea
Waȟpé Pȟá (Head Leaf), or False Boneset 57
Brickellia eupatorioides
Waȟčá Pȟepȟéla (Little Prickly Flower), Purple Boneset, or Spotted Joe-Pye Weed 58
Eutrochium maculatum
Tȟatéte Čhaŋnúŋǧa (Gusty Tree-ear), Blazing Star, or Dotted Gayfeather 59
Liatris punctata
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Huwáŋžila (lit. “Hollow-stem Of-one-limb”), Hitȟúŋkala Nakpála (Mice Ears), or Small-Leaf Pussytoes 60
Antennaria parvifolia
Wapȟéžuta (Some-kind-of-medicine), or Wormwood 11
Artemisia absinthium
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waštémna (lit. “Hollow-stem Aromatic”), Western Sagebrush, or Field Wormwood 11
Artemisia campestris
Pȟežíȟota Tȟotȟó (Grey-Green Sage), Silver Sage, or Silver Sagebrush 61
Artemisia cana
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waštémna (lit. “Hollow-stem Aromatic”), or Tarragon 11
Artemisia dracunculus
Pȟežíȟota Waštémna (Sweet Smelling Sage), Waȟčá Zí Sutá (Strong Yellow Flower), Makȟá Čheyáka (Earth Mint), or Fringed Sagebrush 62
Artemisia frigida
Pȟežíȟota Tȟáŋka (Big Sage), or Common Sagebrush 11
Artemisia tridentata
Pȟežíȟota Apé Blaskáska (Flat Leaved Sage), or Artemisia Ludoviciana Gnaphalodes 63
Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes
Ȟaŋté Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ (lit. “Cedar Hollow-stem”), Tȟaópi Pȟežúta (lit. “Medicine [for] Their-wound/s), or Common Yarrow 64
Achillea millefolium
Skuyómna (Sweet Smell), or Pineapple-Weed 65
Matricaria discoidea
Tȟal'ágnake (Meat-laid-on-the-leaves), Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Makȟá Ayúblaya (Earth Unrolling), Miméla Waȟčázi (Wheel-like Flower), or Stiff-leaved Goldenrod 66
Solidago rigida
Inážiŋ Pȟežúta (Standing Medicine), Uŋwáhinižaŋtȟuŋpi (They Apply It to Hides [in tanning]), or Annual Fleabane 67
Erigeron annuus
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waštémna Iyéčheča (Looks like a Sweet Smelling Plant), or Horseweed 68
Erigeron canadensis
Pté Íčhiyuha (Together with the Bison), or Curlycup Gumweed 11
Grindelia squarrosa
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Pȟepȟéla (Sticky Hallow Stem), or White Heath Aster 69
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Waȟčázi Wašté (Pretty Sunflower), or White Prairie Aster 17
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Pȟežíȟota Šičámna (Bad Smelling Sage), or Rubber Rabbitbrush 11
Ericameria nauseosa
Šúŋkawakȟáŋ Tȟapȟéžuta (Horse Medicine), or Woolly Groundsel 11
Packera cana
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Sutá (Strong Hollow-stalk), Prairie Ragwort, or Prairie Groundsel 70
Packera plattensis
Mnióhuta Aglágla (Along the Shore), Waȟčá Zí (Yellow Blossom [Sunflower]), or Tickseed Begger-Tick 71
Bidens aristosa
Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Wakȟályapi (Coffee Plant), or Plains Coreopsis 72
Coreopsis tinctoria
Ičháȟpe Hú (Growing/Changing Stem), Uŋglákčapi (They Comb Their Hair With It), or Purple Coneflower 66
Echinacea angustifolia
Waȟpé Šíča (Bad Flower), or Marsh-Elder 11
Iva xanthifolia
Waȟčá Zizí (Yellow Flower), Waȟčá Zí Tȟáŋka (Great Yellow Flower), or Common Sunflower 73
Helianthus annuus
Waȟčá Zií (Yellow Flower), or Maximilian Sunflower 74
Helianthus maximiliani
Pȟaŋǧí Zí (Yellow Tuber), or Jerusalem Artichoke 75
Helianthus tuberosus
Hutkáŋ Tȟáŋka (Big Root), or Arrowleaf Balsamroot 11
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Poíphiye (lit. "Swelling To-consume"), Čhaŋȟlóǧaŋ Waštémna (lit. "Hollow-stem To-smell-good"), or Common Ragweed 76
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Uŋzípakhiŋte (lit. “Butt-to-wipe-with”), Yamnúmnuǧa Iyéčheca (lit. “To-crunch-when-eating Looks-like”), or Giant Ragweed 77
Ambrosia trifida
Asáŋpi Iyátke (Used to Drink Milk With), Wapȟóšta Hú (Hat Stem), Waȟčá Zí Čík’ala (Little Yellow Flower), Yellow Coneflower, or Upright Prairie Coneflower 78
Ratibida columnifera
Pispíza Tȟawóte (Prairie Dog Food), Fetid Marigold, or Dogweed 46
Dyssodia papposa
Šuŋghúštiphiye (Medicine for Lame Horses), or Chalk Hill Hymenopappus 79
Hymenopappus tenuifolius
Zuzéča Tȟawóte Úŋma Wápe Tȟotȟó Hé (The Other of Two Blue Petals is Snake Food), or Great Blue Lobelia 57
Lobelia siphilitica
Waȟpé Tȟó (Blue Flower), Harebell 15
Campanula rotundifolia

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