Polygonaceae Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.

Canaigre Dock

Hopi - Dye, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73

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Scientific name: Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
USDA symbol: RUHY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canaigre Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Root used as an important source of dye.

RECRD: 41437 id: 35367