Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.

Common Milkweed

Dakota - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 363

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Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Sprouts used in early spring for food.

RECRD: 31041 id: 6289

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