Английская Википедия:Asclepias subverticillata

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Asclepias subverticillata is a plant found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Common names include horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed[1] and whorled milkweed.

Description

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Horsetail milkweed

Growing to Шаблон:Convert in height, short branches support leaves ranging from Шаблон:Convert in length. Blooming from May to September, the umbel is Шаблон:Convert wide, with individual flowers up to Шаблон:Convert across; each has five petals and five sepals. The fruit pod is smooth and Шаблон:Convert long; the seeds inside have long hairs.[1]

Distribution and habitat

It is indigenous to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and parts of some nearby states,[2] in addition to Mexico.[1]

Toxicity

The species is unpalatable and very toxic to livestock.[1]

Uses

Among the Zuni people the buds are eaten by young boys.[3] The pods are also gathered when two-thirds ripe and the fibers are used for weaving clothing.[4] The coma is made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks.[5]

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  3. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 p.65
  4. Stevenson p.77
  5. Stevenson p.85