Asclepiadaceae
8 edible species
Milkweed family with latex-containing plants, important for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
Asclepias decumbens
Asclepias galioides
Bedstraw Milkweed
Edible: Leaves, Root, Seedpod, Shoots
Asclepias mexicana
Edible: Flowers
Cynanchum sibiricum - (L.)R.Br.
Edible: Leaves, Seed, Seedpod
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Gonostemon gettliffei
Edible: Stems
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Leichhardtia leptophylla - (Benth.)Bullock.
Milk Vine
Edible: Fruit
Metaplexis japonica - (Thunb.)Makino.
Rough potato
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root
Pentatropis nivalis
Edible: Fruit, Pods