Asclepias involucrata

Asclepias involucrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Genus:Asclepias
Species: A. involucrata
Binomial name
Asclepias involucrata

Asclepias involucrata, common name dwarf milkweed, is a plant found in the American southwest.

Uses

The Zuni people mix the dry powdered root with saliva and use it for an unspecified illness.[1] The Zuni also note that this plant is favored by jackrabbits.[2]

References

  1. Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 373)
  2. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 65)


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