Asclepiadaceae Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail

Whorled Milkweed

Zuni - Fiber, Clothing

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 77

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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: Zuni
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Clothing
Notes: Pods gathered when two thirds ripe and the cotton used for weaving clothing. The cotton was used for weaving beautiful white dance kilts, women's belts and other articles of clothing.

RECRD: 32903 id: 6272

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