Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Cheyenne - Food, Sauce & Relish

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66

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Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa Torr.
USDA symbol: ASSP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sauce & Relish
Notes: Flowers boiled with soup or meat, flour added and eaten as a gravy.

RECRD: 45567 id: 6206

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