| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Cherokee Food, Vegetable Leaves used for food. Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 49 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound decoction of roots taken as a blood medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 366 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of plant taken for fever. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of plant taken for cramps and nausea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Oral Aid Infusion of plant used as wash to refresh the mouth. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 366 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Other Infusion of plant taken for 'summer complaint.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Compound used as an anti-witch medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 365 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Kiowa Drug, Oral Aid Leaves chewed on long walks to relieve thirst. The Kiowa name means 'salt weed.' This name may indicate that there was an early realization that the loss of salt through perspiration may be counteracted by chewing the leaves of this plant. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 35 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Menominee Dye, Yellow Boiled whole plant used as a yellow dye. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 78 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Meskwaki Dye, Orange Whole plant boiled to obtain an orange dye. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 271 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Meskwaki Food, Sour Eaten for it's acidity. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 271 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Omaha Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plants applied for swellings. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 335 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Omaha Food, Fodder Pounded bulbs fed to horses to make them fleet. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Omaha Food, Unspecified Leaves, flowers, scapes and bulbs used for food by children. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Pawnee Food, Fodder Pounded bulbs fed to horses to make them fleet. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Pawnee Food, Forage Plant much esteemed by buffalo. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Pawnee Food, Unspecified Leaves, flowers, scapes and bulbs used for food by children. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Pawnee Food, Unspecified Plant considered to have a salty and sour taste. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Ponca Food, Fodder Pounded bulbs fed to horses to make them fleet. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
| Oxalis stricta L. Common Yellow Oxalis USDA OXST |
Ponca Food, Unspecified Leaves, flowers, scapes and bulbs used for food by children. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |