Seeds

Museum number:
1-12793
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012793
Alternate number:
2067 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Amsinckia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1" Description indicates plural "seeds.
Loans:
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-12793, described as Chipas. The specimen consists of mixture of seeds and fruit fragments of Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, flixweed, a native of Eurasia, and Descurainia incisa (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Britton, mountain tansymustard, a California native, both members of the Brassicaceae. Note: Some fruits are less than 1 mm wide and are classified as D. incisa. Identification based on treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 155 Seeds of Mentzelia sp., Loasaceae; 11 Nutlets of Amsinckia sp., Boraginaceae; 9 Seeds of Epilobium brachycarpum C. Presl, tall annual willowherb, Onagraceae; 4 fruits of Polygonum sp., Polygonaceae.

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