Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.

Common Milkweed

Omaha - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 341

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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: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Tender shoots boiled and eaten as a vegetable.

RECRD: 8630 id: 6318

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