Polygonaceae Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
Canaigre Dock
Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Yellow-Brown
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 24
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Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
Scientific name: Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
USDA symbol: RUHY (
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Common names: Canaigre Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow-Brown
Notes: Root used as a yellow-brown dye for wool.
RECRD: 10456 id: 35392