Asclepias verticillata

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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 L.

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. This plant is also cited as a poisonous plant to livestock, but is rarely consumed by them because it is so unpalatable.

[edit] References

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