| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Zuni Food, Unspecified Buds eaten by little boys. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65 |
| Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail Whorled Milkweed USDA ASSU2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items 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 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Infusion of root taken with root of 'virgin's bower' for backache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Rubbed on warts to remove them. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Plant taken for 'dropsy.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Laxative Plant taken as a laxative. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Plant taken for 'gravel.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of root taken for venereal diseases. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion given for 'milksick (mastitis).' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Cherokee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Plant fibers used to make bowstrings. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Chippewa Drug, Gynecological Aid Cold decoction of root added to food to produce postpartum milk flow. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Chippewa Food, Appetizer Plant eaten before a feast to increase the appetite. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 320 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Chippewa Food, Preserves Flowers cut up, stewed and eaten like preserves. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 320 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Chippewa Food, Vegetable Tender leaves, young green seed pods, sprouts and tops cooked as greens. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 140 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Chippewa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Roots applied to whistles used for calling deer. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 376 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Dakota Food, Unspecified Sprouts used in early spring for food. 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 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Stalks cooked as greens and used for rheumatism. Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 93 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Contraceptive Infusion of dried, pulverized roots and rhizomes taken by women for temporary sterility. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 59 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Milk used for warts, bee stings and cuts. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of leaves taken as a stomach medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound decoction of plants taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Kidney Aid Compound used for dropsy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Other Compound decoction of roots taken for stricture. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Drug, Unspecified Poultice of cotton applied to sick parts. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 59 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Stalks eaten as greens in spring. Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 93 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Tender stems, leaves and immature flower clusters cooked and seasoned with salt, pepper or butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 117 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Mahuna Other, Fasteners Milky juice used to mount precious stones into necklaces, earrings, collars, and bracelets. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 51 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Menominee Drug, Pulmonary Aid Buds eaten or decoction of root used for chest discomfort. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 130 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Menominee Fiber, Cordage Outer bark used for making cords. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Menominee Fiber, Sewing Material Outer bark used for sewing thread. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Menominee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Outer bark used for making cords for fishlines. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Meskwaki Fiber, Cordage Outer rind or bark used for thread. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Meskwaki Food, Soup Buds used in soups. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Meskwaki Food, Vegetable Buds cooked with meat or added to cornmeal mush, tastes like okra. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Meskwaki Food, Winter Use Food Dried buds stored away in paper bags for winter use. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Mohegan Food, Unspecified Cooked and used for food. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Drug, Gynecological Aid Root used as a female remedy for unspecified ailment. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 357 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Food, Unspecified Young pods cooked with salt and vinegar. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2205 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Fresh flowers and shoot tips, mucilaginous like okra when cooked, used in meat soups. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Young shoots and flower buds cooked like spinach. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2205 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Food, Winter Use Food Dried flowers, freshened in the winter time, made into soup. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Milk and Canada hawkweed milk used to put on a deer call to imitate the call of a hungry fawn. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 428 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Omaha Food, Vegetable Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Omaha Food, Vegetable Inflorescence, before the flower buds opened, and young fruits used as greens. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Omaha Food, Vegetable Tender shoots boiled and eaten as a vegetable. Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 341 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Omaha Food, Vegetable Young shoots used for food like asparagus. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Omaha Other, Toys & Games Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Pawnee Food, Vegetable Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Pawnee Other, Toys & Games Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
| Asclepias syriaca L. Common Milkweed USDA ASSY |
Ponca Food, Vegetable Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |