Asclepias subverticillata

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

Asclepias subverticillata, also known as whorled milkweed, is a plant found in the United States.

Uses

Among the Zuni people the buds are eaten by little boys.[1] The pods are also gathered when two-thirds ripe and the fibers are used for weaving clothing.[2] The coma is made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 p.65
  2. ↑ Stevenson p.77
  3. ↑ Stevenson p.85


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