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Plants in the Hul’q’umi’num’ World

"Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) – Thunder Bay, Ontario" by Ryan Hodnett, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Hul'q'umi'num' name:
sqewth
English Name:
Wapato
Alternative English Names:
Broadleaf Arrowhead, Potato, Indian Potato
Scientific Name:
Sagittaria latifolia, and Solanum tuberosum (introduced potato)

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Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
This aquatic plant grows from tuber-producing rhizomes and produces arrowhead-shaped leaves and white flowers. This word (sqewth) also applies to the introduced potato.
Island Cultural Role
Both the tubers (potato-like structures) and rhizomes (specialized stems) are starchy and edible.

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Hul'q'umi'num' Name
sqewth
APA
sqewθ
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Ruby Peter

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me’hwulhp | Labrador Tea

me’hwulhp | Labrador Tea

This small, much-branched evergreen shrub bears long, often drooping leaves that are covered with dense, rusty hairs on the lower surface. The clustered white flowers produce small, drooping capsules. Labrador tea inhabits swamps and bogs from low to middle elevations along the entire coast of the province.
The leaves of this bog-loving plant may be used to make a fragrant tea.