Asclepias fascicularis Dcne.
Common names: Mexican Whorled Milkweed
Species details (USDA):
USDA ASFA
Documented uses
8 uses documented
California Indian
Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
detail...
(Murphey, Edith Van Allen,
1990,
Indian Uses of Native Plants,
Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959,
pages 47)
Costanoan
Fiber, Cordage
detail...
(Bocek, Barbara R.,
1984,
Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington,
Economic Botany 38(2):240-255,
pages 252)
Kawaiisu
Fiber, Cordage
detail...
(Zigmond, Maurice L.,
1981,
Kawaiisu Ethnobotany,
Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press,
pages 14)
Mendocino Indian
Drug, Poison
detail...
(Chestnut, V. K.,
1902,
Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.,
pages 380)
Miwok
Food, Cooking Agent
detail...
(Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford,
1933,
Miwok Material Culture,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11,
pages 159)
Miwok
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford,
1933,
Miwok Material Culture,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11,
pages 159)
Paiute
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Steward, Julian H.,
1933,
Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute,
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250,
pages 244)
Yokia
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Chestnut, V. K.,
1902,
Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.,
pages 380)