Ranunculaceae Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.

Threeleaf Goldthread

Potawatomi - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 122

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Scientific name: Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb.
USDA symbol: COTR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Threeleaf Goldthread
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Roots cooked with the cloth to dye an indelible yellow.

RECRD: 393 id: 10681

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