Ranunculaceae Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.
Western Buttercup
Shasta - Other, Season Indicator
Use documented by:
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 310
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Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.
Scientific name: Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.
USDA symbol: RAOCO (
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Common names: Western Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Shasta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Season Indicator
Notes: Plant blooms indicated the coming of the summer salmon.
RECRD: 7510 id: 32692