| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Miwok Drug, Dermatological Aid Milk of plant applied to warts. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Miwok Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root taken in small doses for venereal diseases. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Montana Indian Other, Tools 'Milk' from the broken stems used in cases of emergency for branding stock temporarily. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a Eagleway, Female Shootingway, Beautyway and Beadway emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 37 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic Plant used as a Eagleway, Female Shootingway, Beautyway and Beadway emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 37 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed roots applied for rheumatism. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 74 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid Latex rubbed on skin sores. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 74 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Cordage Stems used as a poor substitute for Indian hemp. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 74 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Okanagon Drug, Analgesic Decoction of roots taken for headaches and general debility. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Decoction of root used as a wash for rheumatism. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root taken for cough, especially from tuberculosis. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Dermatological Aid Latex or pulverized seeds used as an antiseptic and healing agent on sores. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Hot decoction of root taken to 'bring out the rash of measles.' Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Decoction of seeds used to draw poison from snakebites. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of root taken for cough, especially from tuberculosis. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Food, Candy Dried sap chewed as gum. Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 105 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 242 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Clothing Stem fibers shredded to make a woman's skirt. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Cordage Stem fibers used to make two ply string. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of root taken for 'bloody diarrhea.' Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Latex applied to remove corns and calluses. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Latex used as an antiseptic and healing agent on sores, cuts and ringworm. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of mashed root applied to swellings. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Latex used as an antiseptic and healing agent on syphilitic sores. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Shoshoni Food, Candy Milk rolled in hand and used for gum. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 56 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Drug, Analgesic Decoction of roots taken for headaches and general debility. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid Milky juice from stem used as face cream. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Drug, Dietary Aid Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.' Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Drug, Poison Root poisonous in large amounts. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 513 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Drug, Tonic Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.' Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Fiber, Clothing Cottony seed pappus formerly used for infant diapers. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Fiber, Cordage Inner bark used as a substitute for Indian hemp in making thread used for tying and binding. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165 |
| Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed USDA ASSP |
Thompson Other, Fasteners Inner bark used for binding or tying. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
| Asclepias stenophylla Gray Slimleaf Milkweed USDA ASST |
Lakota Drug, Dietary Aid Root given to children to increase the appetite. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 34 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Cathartic Plant used as a physic. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Emetic Plant used as an emetic. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Eye Medicine Plant used for sore eyes. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Plant used for stomach disorders. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Panacea Plant used for many ailments. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subulata Dcne. Rush Milkweed USDA ASSU |
Pima Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 81 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified First buds eaten by children. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Hopi Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant used to increase mother's milk flow. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 87 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Hopi Drug, Gynecological Aid Used by the mother to produce a flow of milk. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 164 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Jemez Food, Unspecified Roots and unripe pods eaten raw. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 17 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Keres, Western Drug, Gynecological Aid Crushed leaves rubbed on mothers' breasts to produce more and richer milk. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Keres, Western Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of plant used by mothers for more and richer milk. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Keres, Western Food, Candy Ripe seed silk mixed with grease and used as chewing gum. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Navajo, Ramah Fiber, Cordage Spun seed hair made into string used in prayer sticks. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Zuni Fiber, Clothing 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. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 77 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Zuni Fiber, Cordage Coma made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks. The sticks were used as offerings and were planted in the fields and in sacred springs. An excavation was made in the bed of the spring in which the offerings were deposited with a stone attached and covered with soil from the bottom. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |