Ranunculaceae Delphinium decorum Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Coastal Larkspur

Karok - Other, Paint

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383

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Scientific name: Delphinium decorum Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
USDA symbol: DEDED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Coastal Larkspur
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Paint
Notes: Flowers pounded, mixed with salmon glue and fresh mountain grapes and used to paint arrows and bows.

RECRD: 8524 id: 12286

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