Seed Helianthus Introduced Moheack
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Mar 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LARGE SPECIES. TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPT. OF BOTANY 3/16/71, SAMPLE RETAINED IN THE DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SUNFLOWER SEED.---THE SEEDS OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF WILD OR DWARF SUNFLOWER ARE USED BY THE INDIANS AS FOOD, AND THE CULTIVATED SPECIES, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS, HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AMONG THEM AND IS NOW HIGHLY VALUED BECAUSE OF ITS LARGE SEEDS. IT IS KNOWN AS THE MOKEACK SUNFLOWER, NAMED AFTER THE PAI UTE CHIEF WHO FIRST PLANTED IT. FROM THE PAI UTE INDIANS, UTAH, 1876. 21,684. COLLECTED BY DR. E. PALMER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, South, Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00031
label: USNM Number
content: E21684-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seed