Species Detail

Undetermined
No Common Name

Scientific Name:

Undetermined

Common Name:

No Common Name

Myaamia Name:

sitakaana

Uses:

Undetermined

Harvest Seasons:

Unkn

Habitats:

Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic, Dry Prairie grasslands, Wet Prairie grasslands with flooding, Conifer Shrubland and Forest

Locations:

Undetermined

Growth Forms:

Shrub, Wild

Myaamia Archival Sources ▼

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Reference Source	Reference Type	Archival Data	Comments
No Reference Specified	Description	"sunflower"

Botanical Sources ▼

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Reference Source	Notes	Data	Comments
No Reference Specified		"Grows wild and in profusion in Indian Territory"
No Reference Specified		There are a number of sunflowers native to the Indian territory prairies; including the Ashy Sunflower; the Maximillian Sunflower and others. Sitakaana could be any one of these that were common in the past Olds 2004; Email communication between Daryl Baldwin; Dustin Olds; and Mike Gonella, 7/15/04;

Related Sources ▼

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Reference Source	Notes	Data	Comments
No Reference Specified		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 Baldwin 2004; Email communication between Daryl Baldwin; Dustin Olds; and Mike Gonella, 7/15/04;