Oxalidaceae Oxalis stricta L.

Common Yellow Oxalis

Menominee - Dye, Yellow

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 78

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Scientific name: Oxalis stricta L.
USDA symbol: OXST (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Yellow Oxalis
Family: Oxalidaceae
Family (APG): Oxalidaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Boiled whole plant used as a yellow dye.

RECRD: 1200 id: 25175

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