Seeds

Museum number:

1-10438

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

450 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254

Description:

Specimen, ethnobotanical. Unspecified, very small, angular. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 675 seeds possibly of Clarkia rhomboidea Dougl. ex Hook.,diamond clarkia, Onagraceae 441 achenes of Anthemis cotula L., mayweed or dog fennel, Asteraceae 125 seeds possibly of Clarkia biloba (Durand) Nelson & J.F. Macbr., twolobe clarkia, Onagraceae 58 seeds possibly of Clarkia unguiculata Lindl., elegant clarkia, Onagraceae 21 seeds of Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & P.H. Raven, denseflower willowherb, Onagraceae 2 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Madera; Picayune

Culture or time period:

Chukchansi

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Botanical samples

Function:

8.1 Foods

Accession date:

1906

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Piece count on card: "1", description is plural.

Loans:

S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)

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