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Whorled milkweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. verticillata
Binomial name
Asclepias verticillata
L.

Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed[1], or Horsetail Milkweed) is a species of milkweed which is used as a medicinal plant [2] by Native American tribes.

Characteristics

This plant is also cited as a poisonous plant to livestock, but is rarely consumed by them because it is so unpalatable.It is about one to three feet tall.[3][4]

Distribution

Its native range includes most of eastern North America and parts of western North America.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b USDA PLANTS Database
  2. ^ Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas
  3. ^ "Whorled Milkweed". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/wh_milkweedx.htm. 
  4. ^ "Asclepias verticillata L.". Native Plant Information Network. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=asve. 

Wikispecies

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Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Gentianales
Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: Asclepias verticillata

Name

Asclepias verticillata, L.

References

  • Species Plantarum 1:217. 1753
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]

Vernacular names

English: whorled milkweed

Simple English

Whorled milkweed
File:Asclepias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked) Eudicots
(unranked) Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. verticillata
Binomial name
Asclepias verticillata
L.

Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed or Horsetail Milkweed) is a particular kind of milkweed used as a medicinal plant[1]. It is native to North America. It blooms in the summer. The flowers are white or pale green. It is found in fields, open woodlands, and prairies. Whorled Milkweed likes dry soil and sunny or partly shaded places. It grows from 0.3 to 0.9 meters tall (1-3 feet).[2]

References

Look up Asclepias verticillata in Wikispecies, a directory of species
  1. ↑ Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas
  2. ↑ William Cullina (2000). Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America. The New England Wildflower Society. ISBN 0-395-96609-4

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