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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
green-flowered milkweed, short green milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
viridiflora: green flowered
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, perennial forb often falling over, 12"-32" tall, downy, milky juice, single stems |
| Flower: | greenish to white, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" tall,  thinly-oblong hoods directly connected to the petals, no horns; inflorescence several, densely-flowered, mostly stalkless, drooping umbels; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | pods with many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | lance-like to linear or broadly oblong, rough edges, stalkless, downy beneath |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods, inland sands, barrens; in sandy soil |
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