| Description | Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) An interesting member of the Milkweed genus. Has thin linear leaves and small greenish-white flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Wild Flowers, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | normal, dry |
| Soil & Site | normal, dry, rocky, along roads |
| Flowers | Small 1/8" greenish-white flowers in a flat cluster at the top. Flowers have five up-curving and five down-curving petals. Has a complicated polination process. Each tiny, flower has a small slit that allows the insects legs to slip inside. A pair of pollen sacs get attached and are carried to another flower, completing pollination. |
| Fruit | seeds formed in a seed pod called a follicle, have an attached pappus |
| Leaves | simple, narrow, linear, whorled around the stem |
| Stems | spreading rhizomes |
| Roots | deep-rooted |
| Dimensions | up to 30 inches |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | most all of eastern North America and parts of western Canada and the United States |
| Misc Facts | Genus name honors the Greek god Asklepios the god of medicine. The species name refers to the whorls of leaves. AKA: whorled milkweed, eastern whorled milkweed, or horsetail milkweed |
| Notes & Reference | #41-Wildflowers of Wisconsin (Stan Teikiela), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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