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Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Karok Other, Musical Instrument
Stems split and sucked on to make sounds.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 49
Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Dried, stored, parched, pulverized seeds used for food.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 155
Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Neeshenam Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used to make bread.
Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377
Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Neeshenam Food, Porridge
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used to make mush.
Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377
Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Neeshenam Food, Staple
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used for food.
Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377
Ranunculus californicus Benth.
California Buttercup
USDA RACA2
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Toys & Games
Flower put under the chin by a child, if yellow was reflected, the child would like butter.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 30