Asclepiadaceae Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail

Whorled Milkweed

Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Cordage

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39

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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: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Spun seed hair made into string used in prayer sticks.

RECRD: 10579 id: 6271

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