Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.
Common Milkweed
Meskwaki - Food, Soup
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 256
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Asclepias syriaca L.
Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (
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Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Soup
Notes: Buds used in soups.
RECRD: 1229 id: 6306