Ranunculaceae Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

Pennsylvania Buttercup

Ojibwa - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 426

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Scientific name: Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
USDA symbol: RAPE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pennsylvania Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Entire plant boiled to yield a red coloring dye and bur oak added to set the color.

RECRD: 225 id: 32702

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