Asclepiadaceae Asclepias incarnata L.
Swamp Milkweed
Menominee - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 62
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Asclepias incarnata L.
Scientific name: Asclepias incarnata L.
USDA symbol: ASINI (
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Common names: Swamp Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Heads added to cornmeal mush.
RECRD: 1094 id: 6139