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Pages 126 and 127 of Tanaina Plantlore describe a plant that is called wild potato by the Dena’ina Indians, who harvested its carrotlike root.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The agent of his demise was wild potato, H. alpinum, the species plainly identified as nontoxic in Tanaina Plantlore.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

One page after Tanaina Plantlore enumerates the wild potato, it describes a closely related species, wild sweet pea, Hedysarum mackenzii.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Having neglected to pack writing paper, he began a laconic journal on some blank pages in the back of Tanaina Plantlore.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer