Asclepiadaceae Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail

Whorled Milkweed

Zuni - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65

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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: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Buds eaten by little boys.

RECRD: 32845 id: 6274

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