Asteraceae Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria

Golden Tickseed

Zuni - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 80

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Scientific name: Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
USDA symbol: COTIT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Golden Tickseed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Blossoms used with other flowers as a mahogany red dye for yarn.

RECRD: 32917 id: 10733

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