Asclepiadaceae Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail

Whorled Milkweed

Apache, White Mountain - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155

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Scientific name: Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail
USDA symbol: ASSU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whorled Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, White Mountain
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: First buds eaten by children.

RECRD: 60202 id: 6264

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