| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Zuni Food, Unspecified Buds eaten by little boys. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65 |
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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 |