Seeds

Museum number:
1-10272
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010272
Alternate number:
488 (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; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, Fabaceae
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bald Rock, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Bald Rock
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Amsinckia and Ranunculus californicus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Foodstuff.
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10272, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, FabaceaeHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10272, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, Fabaceae
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10272, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, FabaceaeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10272, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, FabaceaeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10272, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds (Madia sativa), flat, curved, brown. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae. Note: According to the treatment in Hickman, J. C., 1993, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, University of California Press, M. sativa is closely related to and partly interfertile with M. gracilis. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsule: 148 florets of Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, brome fescue, Poaceae 27 nutlets of Cryptantha spp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae 16 florets of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae 12 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., soft brome, Poaceae 12 achenes of Centaurea melitensis L., Maltese star-thistle, Asteraceae 6 achenes of Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb., glandular cinquefoil, Rosaceae 3 mericarps of Daucus carota L., Queen Anne's lace, Apiaceae 3 achenes of Ranunculus californicus Benth., California buttercup, Ranunculaceae 1 nutlet of Amsinckia sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae 1 achene of Agoseris spp., agoseris, Asteraceae 1 fruit of Erodium sp., stork's bill, Geraniaceae 1 floret of Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C. E. Hubb., nit grass, Poaceae 1 seed of Trifolium ciliolatum Benth., foothill clover, Fabaceae 1 seed of Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn., thimble clover, Fabaceae

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