Mock-Orange
One of the most interesting facts about the mock-orange is the fact that it develops different properties based on where it is found in the wild. Because of the varying habitats where it is found, Native Americans of different tribes and geological locations had very different uses for this same shrub. Some used the wood for making strong and straight arrow shafts. Others made reliable and sturdy digging sticks with them. One of the most amazing characteristics is that if you crush the leaves and flowers together between your hands and keep rubbing, you will create a soapy lather, great for bathing! This one was found blooming next to the Yakima River in Kittitas County, Washington.
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- © 2014
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Angiosperms, Asterids, Cornales, Eudicots, Hydrangeaceae, Kittitas County, Lewis' mock orange, Lewis's mock-orange, North America, P. lewisii, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Philadelphus, Philadelphus lewisii, Plantae, Selah, Spring, Washington, Yakima, Yakima Canyon, Yakima River, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, camp, campground, color, deciduous, desert, dicot, flora, flower, flowers, fresh, green, mock-orange, native, natural, nature, perennial, plant, plants, saponin, shrub, summer, syringa, west coast, western, white, wild, wild mock-orange, wildflower, wildflowers
- Contained in galleries
- White Wildflowers, Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea Family)
