The Mobile Milkweed Herbarium contains plant stalks, fibre, thread and cloth drawn from three species of milkweed common to western Canada: Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) and Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). All plants were collected in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Alberta. This sample collection of part of a larger research project aimed at producing thread suitable for weaving milkweed damask cloth.