Asclepias verticillata

Taxobox
name = Whorled milkweed


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Apocynaceae
subfamilia = Asclepiadoideae
genus = "Asclepias"
species = "A. verticillata"
binomial = "Asclepias verticillata"
binomial_authority = L.

"Asclepias verticillata" (Whorled Milkweed [ [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASVE USDA PLANTS Database] ] , or Horsetail Milkweed) is a species of milkweed which is used as a medicinal plant [ [http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/whorledmilk.html Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas] ] 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.

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