Where it grows: Originating in North America, Naató’saapistsisskitsi can be found in disturbed sites, underutilized areas, roadside ditches, pastures, abandoned fields, and along railway tracks.

How to Identify: Naató’saapistsisskitsi have large leaves and depending on the variety can grow over 6 feet tall. Their flowers have large faces with many seeds in shells. This often leads to many plants growing in a cluster.

Blackfoot: Naató’saapistsisskitsi

The petals can produce yellow dye, and the seeds can produce a purple dye.

Oil was extracted from the seeds and applied to the face, body, or hair as a dressing.

Food Uses:

• The seeds were eaten raw.