id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource
6616,503,Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.,95,Hopi,37,w39,73,5,Dye,55,Blue,Ashes used to maintain the blue coloring in blue corn meal.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73"
6978,553,Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,40,5,Dye,55,Blue,Used to make a blue dye.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40"
6991,556,Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,32,Cherokee,105,w47,74,5,Dye,55,Blue,Used as a blue dye.,"Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74"
6992,556,Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,40,5,Dye,55,Blue,Used to make a blue dye.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40"
10487,1051,Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl,17,Arapaho,139,n66,50,5,Dye,55,Blue,Area next to the root bark used as a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50"
11293,1112,Corylus cornuta var. californica (A. DC.) Sharp,259,Thompson,33,steed28,501,5,Dye,55,Blue,Roots used to make a bluish dye.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501"
12282,1247,Delphinium bicolor Nutt.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,112,5,Dye,55,Blue,Flowers used as a light blue dye for quills.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112"
12296,1252,Delphinium menziesii DC.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,502,5,Dye,55,Blue,Flowers used as a blue dye for clothing.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502"
12299,1254,Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz ex Walp.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,119,5,Dye,55,Blue,Flowers used to make a blue stain for coloring arrows and other items.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119"
12312,1257,Delphinium scaposum Greene,157,Navajo,74,e44,47,5,Dye,55,Blue,Petals used to make blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 47"
12320,1259,Delphinium sp.,80,Great Basin Indian,139,n66,47,5,Dye,55,Blue,Flower blossoms used to make a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47"
15241,1659,Fraxinus nigra Marsh.,38,Chippewa,15,gil33,139,5,Dye,55,Blue,Bark used to make a blue dye in a manner similar to that of blue ash.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 139"
20572,2216,Lithospermum incisum Lehm.,80,Great Basin Indian,139,n66,50,5,Dye,55,Blue,Roots used to make a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50"
21332,2295,Lupinus lyallii Gray,157,Navajo,74,e44,57,5,Dye,55,Blue,Flowers used to make a blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 57"
25841,2804,Penstemon confertus Dougl. ex Lindl.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,139,5,Dye,55,Blue,"Flowers boiled and rubbed on arrows and other items to give them a blue, indelible coloring.","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 139"
25932,2818,Penstemon pruinosus Dougl. ex Lindl.,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,139,5,Dye,55,Blue,"Flowers boiled and rubbed on arrows and other items to give them a blue, indelible coloring.","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 139"
27934,2968,Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,6,5,Dye,55,Blue,Roots used to make a blue dye.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 6"
33180,3352,Rhus trilobata Nutt.,157,Navajo,74,e44,60,5,Dye,55,Blue,Used to make a blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60"
38332,3727,Solanum sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,253,5,Dye,55,Blue,Fruits used to prepare a permanent blue dye for tattooing.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 253"
43245,4150,Viola adunca Sm.,23,Blackfoot,26,h74,123,5,Dye,55,Blue,Plant used to dye arrows blue.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123"