Ranunculaceae Delphinium scaposum Greene

Tall Mountain Larkspur

Hopi - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 16

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Scientific name: Delphinium scaposum Greene
USDA symbol: DESC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Mountain Larkspur
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Petals and seeds ground into a very fine blue meal prescribed for the Flute altar.

RECRD: 4709 id: 12308

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