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| + | '''''Asclepias verticillata''''' ('''Whorled Milkweed'''<ref name="plants">[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASVE USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>, or '''Horsetail Milkweed''') is a species of [[milkweed]] which is used as a [[medicinal plant]] <ref>[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/whorledmilk.html Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas]</ref> by Native American tribes. | ||
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Asclepias verticillata, Linn. About 2 ft., slender, very leafy: Lvs. in whorls of 3-6, very narrow-linear and revolute: fls. greenish white, in many small umbels. Dry soil; frequent. L.B.C. 11:1067. | Asclepias verticillata, Linn. About 2 ft., slender, very leafy: Lvs. in whorls of 3-6, very narrow-linear and revolute: fls. greenish white, in many small umbels. Dry soil; frequent. L.B.C. 11:1067. | ||
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| + | *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 | ||
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| + | <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | ||
| + | <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 28 January 2010
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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.
Read about Asclepias verticillata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Asclepias verticillata, Linn. About 2 ft., slender, very leafy: Lvs. in whorls of 3-6, very narrow-linear and revolute: fls. greenish white, in many small umbels. Dry soil; frequent. L.B.C. 11:1067. Var. pumila, Gray. A few inches high from a fascicled root: Lvs. filiform, crowded. Plains, W.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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