Seeds

Museum number:
1-28782
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.500AW
Description:
The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.
Donor:
Erminie W. Voegelin
Collection place:
Miranda Rancheria, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Miranda Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Erminie W. Voegelin
Collection date:
1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
April 25, 1933
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
These seeds were sampled and sent to the Department of Food and Agriculture for identification by Kat Anderson and others in her lab. She is the ethnoecologist at the National Plant Data Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service at the University of California. The seeds were returned in December of 2009.
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-28782, described as The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-28782, described as The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-28782, described as The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-28782, described as The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-28782, described as The specimen is a mixture of nutlets of two Salvia species. Lamiaceae. The larger nutlets compare with Salvia carduacea Benth., thistle sage and the smaller nutlets compare with Salvia columbariae Benth., chia.

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