(database accessed August 2005)
Asclepias syriaca L.
Common Milkweed; Asclepiadaceae
Omaha Food (Vegetable)
Young shoots used for food like asparagus.
Gilmore, Melvin R. 1913 A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha
Indians. Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57. (p.
325)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dietary Aid)
Infusion of plant taken for rickets.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 24)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Stalks cooked as greens and used for rheumatism.
Parker, Arthur Caswell 1910 Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants. Albany, NY. University of the State of New York (p. 93)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Antirheumatic (External))
Compound decoction with roots used as a foot soak for rheumatism.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 282)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Blood Medicine)
Compound decoction with bark taken before meals for the blood.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 282)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Cherokee Food (Vegetable)
Species used for food.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 24)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Iroquois Food (Vegetable)
Stalks eaten as greens in spring.
Parker, Arthur Caswell 1910 Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants. Albany, NY. University of the State of New York (p. 93)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Isleta Food (Unspecified)
Uncultivated but used as food when found in the wild.
Castetter, Edward F. 1935 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44 (p. 17)
Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden Asparagus; Liliaceae
Isleta Food (Vegetable)
Boiled, seasoned spears used for food.
Jones, Volney H. 1931 The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 23)
Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng.
Wavyleaf Thistle; Asteraceae
Montana Indian Food (Vegetable)
Young, summer stalks eaten like asparagus and greens.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 10)
Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs
Spinulose Woodfern; Dryopteridaceae
Alaska Native Food (Vegetable)
Young, curled fronds boiled or steamed & eaten like asparagus with butter, margarine or cream sauce.
Heller, Christine A. 1953 Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. University of Alaska (p. 29)
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
Feather Solomon's Seal; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Vegetable)
Young shoots cooked and eaten like asparagus.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al. 1990 Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum (p. 127)
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Western Brackenfern; Dennstaedtiaceae
Alaska Native Food (Substitution Food)
Young fiddlenecks peeled, boiled or steamed and eaten as a substitute for asparagus.
Heller, Christine A. 1953 Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. University of Alaska (p. 51)
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Western Brackenfern; Dennstaedtiaceae
Mahuna Food (Unspecified)
Young shoots cut, cooked and eaten like asparagus.
Romero, John Bruno 1954 The Botanical Lore of the California Indians. New York. Vantage Press, Inc. (p. 58)
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Western Brackenfern; Dennstaedtiaceae
Ojibwa Food (Unspecified)
Young fern tips, with coiled fronds, were like asparagus tips, only not stringy like asparagus.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 408)
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