Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 74

View all documented uses for Asclepias speciosa Torr.

---

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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of mashed roots applied for rheumatism.

RECRD: 12389 id: 6229

---