Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Okanagan-Colville - Fiber, Cordage

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

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Stems used as a poor substitute for Indian hemp.

RECRD: 12387 id: 6231

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