Primulaceae Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum

Darkthroat Shootingstar

Okanagan-Colville - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 117

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Scientific name: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum
USDA symbol: DOPUP2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Darkthroat Shootingstar
Family: Primulaceae
Family (APG): Primulaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Flowers mashed and smeared on arrows to color them pink.

RECRD: 12768 id: 12648

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