Scrophulariaceae Penstemon confertus Dougl. ex Lindl.

Yellow Penstemon

Okanagan-Colville - Dye, Blue

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 139

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Scientific name: Penstemon confertus Dougl. ex Lindl.
USDA symbol: PECO6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yellow Penstemon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Blue
Notes: Flowers boiled and rubbed on arrows and other items to give them a blue, indelible coloring.

RECRD: 13023 id: 25841

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