Asclepiadaceae Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail

Whorled Milkweed

Jemez - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 17

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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: Jemez
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots and unripe pods eaten raw.

RECRD: 40919 id: 6267

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