| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat |
A disturbance-oriented species found commonly in low, moist sites throughout the U.S., and adjacent portions of Canada and Mexico. |
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| Baldwin, D 2003-2005 | Ecological Info | The most common, widespread and useful sunflower (Helianthus spp.) to numerous indigenous communities throughout North America was Helianthus annuus, the contemporary species cultivated for its seeds and oil. Sitakaana could be also refer to any one of number of other sunflowers native to Myaamia lands, including the ashy sunflower (H. mollis), the Maximilian sunflower (H. maximilianii), Jerusalem artichoke (H. tuberosus) and others. |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Description | Sunflower mentioned. |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Habitat | "Grows wild and in profusion in Indian Territory". |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, D 2003-2005 | This sunflower was mentioned by Gatschet without mention of its cultural significance. However, the animate "a" ending on this term indicates cultural importance during older, including precontact, times. The beginning of the word "sit-" is extremely rare in central Algonquian language and no other cognates in other languages have been found. |