Castilleja miniata Dougl. ex Hook.
Common names: Scarlet Indian Paintbrush
Species details (USDA):
USDA CAMIM5
Documented uses
19 uses documented
Apache, White Mountain
Dye, Unspecified
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1929,
Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona,
Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61.,
pages 156)
Bella Coola
Other, Toys & Games
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J.,
1973,
The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia,
Syesis 6:193-220,
pages 210)
Gitksan
Drug, Antihemorrhagic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Cathartic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Diuretic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Gitksan
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 63)
Kwakiutl, Southern
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell,
1973,
The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia,
Economic Botany 27:257-310,
pages 292)
Navajo, Ramah
Drug, Hunting Medicine
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 44)
Navajo, Ramah
Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 44)
Nitinaht
Food, Candy
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie,
1983,
Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island,
Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum,
pages 127)
Nitinaht
Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie,
1983,
Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island,
Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum,
pages 127)
Paiute
Other, Malicious Magic
detail...
(Mahar, James Michael.,
1953,
Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation,
Reed College, B.A. Thesis,
pages 110)
Thompson
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 284)
Thompson
Food, Fodder
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 284)
Thompson
Other, Decorations
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 284)