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Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. verticillata
Binomial name
Asclepias verticillata
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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. In addition, this plant is also cited as a poisonous plant to livestock; however, it is rarely consumed livestock by because it is unpalatable.

References

  1. ^ Asclepias verticillata at USDA PLANTS Database
  2. ^ Asclepias verticillata at Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas

 
 
 

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