Pteridaceae Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis

Western Goldfern

Yurok - Other, Designs

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 45

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Scientific name: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis
USDA symbol: PETRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Goldfern
Family: Pteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Designs
Notes: Spores used by children to make a design on their hands.

RECRD: 5938 id: 25956

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