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buttercup


Entry Type:
Species
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Common Name:  
buttercup
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Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Rafert, S. 1989 Use - Food

" . . . the plant of the buttercup was an important green . . . we used the buttercup. They called it Willy's britches . . . about all the Indians used it".

Rafert, S. 1992 Use - Medicinal

Crowfoot, or creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) is eaten as a tonic, sometimes called "willies britches" by Myaamia elders.

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat

Both native and exotic buttercup species occur in a variety of habitats including meadows, prairies, woods and marshes in eastern and western Myaamia lands.

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