| Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt. Western Buttercup USDA RAOCO |
Aleut Drug, Poison Flower juice slipped into food to cause a person 'to waste away to nothing.' Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 428 |
| Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt. Western Buttercup USDA RAOCO |
Shasta Other, Season Indicator Plant blooms indicated the coming of the summer salmon. Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 310 |
| Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis Western Buttercup USDA RAOCO |
Mendocino Indian Food, Staple Smooth, flat and orbicular seeds used alone or mixed with other seeds to make pinole. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 347 |
| Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis Western Buttercup USDA RAOCO |
Pomo Food, Staple Seeds used to make pinoles. Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 87 |
| Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis Western Buttercup USDA RAOCO |
Pomo Food, Staple Seeds used to make pinoles. Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 87 |