Asclepias subverticillata

Asclepias subverticillata, is a plant found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Asclepias subverticillata is indigenous to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and parts of some nearby states.[1] Common names include horsetail milkweed and whorled milkweed.

horsetail milkweed

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

Uses

Among the Zuni people the buds are eaten by little boys.[2] The pods are also gathered when two-thirds ripe and the fibers are used for weaving clothing.[3] The coma is made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks.[4]

References

  1. "Plants Profile for Asclepias subverticillata (horsetail milkweed)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  2. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 p.65
  3. Stevenson p.77
  4. Stevenson p.85


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