Taraxacum officinale -Weber ex Wiggers-
common dandelion


Entry Type: Species

Species Name: Taraxacum officinale -Weber ex Wiggers-

Common Name: common dandelion

Myaamia Name:

Description:

Harvest Seasons: Undetermined

Harvest Comments:

Habitats: Undetermined

Uses: Food

Locations: Undetermined

Sources

Rafert, S. 1978

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Dandelion greens were canned.

Comments: N/A

Olds, J., Olds, D. and D. Tippman 1999

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Dandelion leaves eaten as greens.

Comments: N/A

Olds, J., Olds, D. and D. Tippman 1999

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

"[We] had a line of catalpa trees. And so then they'd [the older Indian women from the Catholic church near the home Mildred grew up in, in Miami] set down with a knife and try to cut out the dandelions".

Comments: N/A

Rafert, S. 1989

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

"Before the white people came here, they was no dandelions. Dandelions were imported. But once they became acquainted with the dandelions, they used them quite a bit."

Comments: N/A

Tippman, D. 1999

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Dandelion leaves are picked and blanched, not cooked, and vinegar added and sometimes garlic for flavoring. "Anything to make them a little different so you didnt think you were eating grass".

Comments: N/A

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Young leaves collected and eaten. Cooked with bacon drippings in past, or just boiled with butter and salt. Also eaten raw in a salad.

Comments: N/A

Peoria, Eastern Shawnee, Wyandotte, Seneca-Cayuga, Miami and Ottawa Tribes 2003

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Plants commonly used by local Miami, Oklahoma tribes listed in this report.

Comments: N/A

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data :

Occurs in lawns and other disturbed areas throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Comments: N/A

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

Rebecca Hartleroad's Cherokee grandmother cooked greens by pouring hot bacon grease over leaves.

Comments: N/A

Legends

  • L.: L. stands for Carl Linneaus, a Swedish botanist and zoologist living from 1707 - 1778, who formed the binomial nomenclature system for scientific naming of species (the two part name). His initial after a scientific name indicates he was the authority for that species name.
  • sp.: Indicates the actual species name cannot or need not be specified. Example: Lilium sp. indicates a single species in the genus Lilium that is not known or does not need to be specified.
  • spp.: (plural) indicates "several species", two or more species of the given genus. Example: Lilium spp. indicates 2 or more species in the genus that cannot or do not need to be distinguished.
  • Use - Unknown: A record for this plant exists but does not include explicit information about the plant's cultural use. It is probable the Myaamia used the plant.
  • Botanical Sources: Sources of any botanical data for this plant species that is not related to its cultural use or significance.
  • Related Sources: Data indirectly related to Myaamia ethnobotany, including non-Myaamia uses of the plant in contemporary and historic times.
  • Myaamia Archival Sources: All records of plant use obtained directly from a Myaamia tribal member in an interview, recorded by a second party or by self-recording.
  • Undetermined (Plant Use): There exists use or other information about a certain, unknown plant species, but the specific species has not yet been determined.
  • Medicinal: For the purposes of this database, medicinal uses of plants and medicinal knowledge are defined as: Commonly held communal knowledge regarding the use of plant-based substances that aid in maintaining a healthy mind, body or spirit, including tonics and teas.
  • Technology: For the purposes of this database, technological uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in the making of food processing, canoes, rafts, dyes, tools, utensils, weapons, hunting and fishing gear (i.e. net, weir, etc.), cordage, string, rope, fodder plant species, firewood, any plants used in trade, etc.
  • Material: For the purposes of this database, material uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in construction of dwellings (floor mats, roofing, side walls), furniture, baskets, storage items, musical instruments, games, crafts, jewelry, cordage used in crafts, etc.
  • Food: For the purposes of this database, food uses of plants are defined as: Plants used as consumed food, spices and seasonings, but not teas or tonics.
  • Customs: For the purposes of this database, customary uses of plants are defined as: Plants involved in a customary ceremony, ritual or traditional event, including ritual smoking, chewing tobacco, war rituals, special mats used to sit on during ceremonies. Customary uses of plants, in this database, does not including plants used for recreation (material), structures where ceremonies take place (material) or medicinal smoking (medicinal).
  • Eastern Myaamia Lands: Eastern Myaamia lands (eastern myaamionki) are centered around northern Indiana, and including western Ohio, eastern Illinois, southern Michigan, and the northernmost portions of Kentucky.
  • Western Myaamia Lands: Western Myaamia lands (western myaamionki) include western Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.