Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Showy Milkweed
Crow - Food, Sauce & Relish
Use documented by:
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66
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Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa Torr.
USDA symbol: ASSP (
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Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Crow
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sauce & Relish
Notes: Flowers boiled with soup or meat, flour added and eaten as a gravy.
RECRD: 45569 id: 6212