Ranunculaceae Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

Pennsylvania Buttercup

Ojibwa - Drug, Hunting Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431

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Scientific name: Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
USDA symbol: RAPE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pennsylvania Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Seeds smoked in hunting medicine to lure buck deer near enough for a shot with bow and arrow.

RECRD: 253 id: 32700

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