Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.

Common Milkweed

Meskwaki - Fiber, Cordage

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267

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Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Outer rind or bark used for thread.

RECRD: 1292 id: 6305

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