Asclepias involucrata
| Asclepias involucrata | |
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| Asclepias involucrata blooming in Sandoval County, New Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Asclepias |
| Species: | A. involucrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.[2]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Asclepias involucrata,
perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae native from the west and south central United States to north Mexico.[2] In the southwestern United States, it is found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region.[3]
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Description
It is a perennial plant 2 to 10 inches (5.1 to 25.4 cm) long with stems lying on the ground. The leaves and stems are densely covered with hair. It blooms from April to June. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of stems, with five greenish-white downward bent petals and five greenish-white pouch-like sacs. The seedpods are shaped like spindles.[3]: 138
Distribution and habitat
Asclepias involucrata is native to
pinyon juniper woodland communities.[3]
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Uses
The Zuni people mix the dry powdered root with saliva and use it for an unspecified illness.[4] The Zuni also note that this plant is favored by jackrabbits.[5]
References
- ^ NatureServe (2023). "Asclepias involucrata". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
- ^ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 373)
- ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 65)