Description
Dewclaw (Lycopodium clavatum) Ground pines (E)
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Paints: Mordant/color enhancer
Wolf claw is not (yet) well known as a dye plant. Wolfclaw is a spore plant that stays green and grows on acidic, dry and nutrient-poor sandy soil.
It is used, among other things, as a mordant and to enhance the colors of other dyes. For example, it can enhance the blue of bluewood and paints it green together with kite.
Facts
dewclaw…
- … is a protected plant species in many European countries: it is forbidden to pick them yourself.
This is one of the products for natural dyes, which are described in Anja Schrik's book Eco-paint.
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