Asteraceae Krigia biflora (Walt.) Blake

Twoflower Dwarfdandelion

Menominee - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80

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Scientific name: Krigia biflora (Walt.) Blake
USDA symbol: KRBIB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Twoflower Dwarfdandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Stem used by hunters to make a wail that simulated a fawn in distress & lured the doe to the hunter.

RECRD: 1212 id: 19356