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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias exaltata L.
poke milkweed, tall milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
exaltata: very tall
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-5' tall forb, single stem, milky juice |
| Flower: | white to purplish, 5-parted, 1/2" tall,  awl-shaped horns coming out of and attached well below the hoods; inflorescence several drooping, loose, few-flowered umbels; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | erect pods from downwardly-pointing stalks; many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | opposite, stalked, thin, broadly elliptical, with pointed tips and bases |
| Habitat: | moist; woods |
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