Ranunculaceae Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. ex Walp.

Nuttal's Larkspur

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 27

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Scientific name: Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. ex Walp.
USDA symbol: DENU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nuttal's Larkspur
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Petals and other blue flowers ground and used ceremonially.

RECRD: 10490 id: 12301

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