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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Whorled milkweed
| image =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| subfamilia = Asclepiadoideae
| genus = ''[[Asclepias]]''
| species = '''''A. verticillata'''''
| binomial = ''Asclepias verticillata''
| 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.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
{{Asterid-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Whorled milkweed
| image =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| subfamilia = Asclepiadoideae
| genus = ''[[Asclepias]]''
| species = '''''A. verticillata'''''
| binomial = ''Asclepias verticillata''
| 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.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
{{Asterid-stub}}
