The bitterroot is a low-growing flower whose roots were once an American Indian food. BRETT FRENCH, Gazette Staff Christine Peterson Casper Star Tribune ...

The first time I saw Lewisia rediviva, common name of bitterroot, I was convinced I was hallucinating. I was working as a seasonal botanist in the shrub steppe, it was late May, and I was on the top ...

As I was admiring a clump of our native yellow bells in my rock garden recently, I wondered how they came by their name. The common name is obvious, since the flowers are yellow and bell-shaped. But ...

Seemingly delicate, most certainly beautiful, bitterroot flowers are in fact one of our state’s most determined survivors. Dig it up, dry it whole, store it for months, carry it across the country ...

The beautiful pink flowers of the Bitterroot have been Montana's official state flower since 1895 — one of the oldest symbols of the Treasure State.

The Stevensville man is pictured on the cover of the Bitterroot Star this week, lying on the ground planting the state flower in a garden at St. Mary's Mission. His aim, he told the Star's Michael ...

WHITEHALL — Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park invites you to join us Saturday, June 9 for a hike to see the beautiful bitterroot and other early summer wildflowers. This is the perfect flower walk ...

Members of Lewis and Clark's expedition first identified the bitterroot, or Lewisia rediviva, as the group across the West. Native American tribes throughout the Rocky Mountain West had consumed the ...