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Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Menominee Drug, Sedative
Compound infusion taken and rubbed on body to quiet person near convulsions.
Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 128
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Menominee Other, Sacred Items
White, ripened seed used as a sacred bead in the Midewewin ceremony.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Omaha Food, Cooking Agent
Flowers chewed with gum by children, to color it yellow.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 111
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Omaha Food, Cooking Agent
Root chewed with gum by children, to color it red.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 111
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Ponca Food, Cooking Agent
Flowers chewed with gum by children, to color it yellow.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 111
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
Hoary Puccoon
USDA LICA12
Ponca Food, Cooking Agent
Root chewed with gum by children, to color it red.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 111