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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
prairie milkweed, tall green milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
hirtella: pubescent with very small, coarse, stiff hairs
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb, single stem, milky juice |
| Flower: | green to white, 5-parted, 1/4" -1/3" tall,  no horns, petals distinctly separated from the hoods, stalk with dense spreading hairs; inflorescence 2-10 dense (30-100 flowers), erect, stalked umbels; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | pods with many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | many, rough, opposite, linear with pointed tips |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, fields; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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