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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias verticillata L.
whorled milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
verticillata: whorled
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-20" tall forb, milky juice; stems with downy lines, unbranched to the inflorescence; fibrous, clustered roots |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 5-parted, 1/4" tall,  awl-shaped horns longer than the hoods; inflorescence stalked umbels from the upper leaf nodes; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | slender, erect pods from erect stalks; many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | many whorls of 3-6, stalkless, linear leaves with pointed tips and bases |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, fields, roadsides, woods; in sandy soil; spreading northward |
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