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|genus=Asclepias  

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|species=verticillata

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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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| color = lightgreen

 

| name = Whorled milkweed

 

===Propagation===

| regnum = [[Plantae]]

 

| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

 

| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]

===Pests and diseases===

| ordo = [[Gentianales]]

 

 

==Varieties==

| genus = ''[[Asclepias]]''

 

| species = '''''A. verticillata'''''

 

| binomial = ''Asclepias verticillata''

==Gallery==

| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]

'''''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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