Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Paiute - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 105

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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: Paiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Dried sap chewed as gum.

RECRD: 1524 id: 6239

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