Asclepias subverticillata

Asclepias subverticillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. subverticillata
Binomial name
Asclepias subverticillata
(Gray) Vail

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