Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 164

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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: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Boiled with meat.

RECRD: 10706 id: 6217

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