Overview
Bitterroot, traditional food of the Indians, magnet for their early summer camps, revered in their tales and cosmology. Bitterroot, collected by Meriwether Lewis, named for him and for its singularly stubborn hardiness (Lewisia rediviva). Bitterroot, State Flower, lovely icon of the old west. The story of a flower, a book for historians, botanists, gardeners, pilgrims and students of every ilk.