Polygonaceae Eriogonum annuum Nutt.

Annual Buckwheat

Lakota - Dye, White

Use documented by:
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 54

View all documented uses for Eriogonum annuum Nutt.

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Scientific name: Eriogonum annuum Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERAN4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Annual Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Lakota
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: White
Notes: Blossoms, brains, liver or gall and spleen rubbed into hides to bleach them.

RECRD: 4921 id: 13967

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