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| species = '''''A. verticillata'''''
 
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'''''Asclepias verticillata''''' ('''Whorled Milkweed'''<ref name=&quot;plants&quot;>[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''''' ('''Whorled milkweed''' <ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASVE ''Asclepias verticillata'' at 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 ''Asclepias verticillata'' at Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas]</ref> 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.
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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.
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Var. pumila, Gray. A few inches high from a fascicled root: Lvs. filiform, crowded. Plains, W.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- 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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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Apocynaceae >

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.


Read about Asclepias verticillata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

  1. ↑ USDA PLANTS Database
  2. ↑ Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas

External links


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