Sarraceniaceae Sarracenia purpurea L.

Purple Pitcherplant

Potawatomi - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 123

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Scientific name: Sarracenia purpurea L.
USDA symbol: SAPUP6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purple Pitcherplant
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Family (APG): Sarraceniaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Leaves used for a drinking cup when out in the woods or swamp.

RECRD: 399 id: 37210

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