Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.

Common Milkweed

Ojibwa - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 428

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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: Ojibwa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Milk and Canada hawkweed milk used to put on a deer call to imitate the call of a hungry fawn.

RECRD: 230 id: 6315

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