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Asclepias subverticillata (poison milkweed; horsetail milkweed; W. whorled milkweed; western whorled milkweed; whorled milkweed)

Synonyms: Asclepias verticillata var. subverticillata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Asclepias subverticillata, also known as whorled milkweed, is a plant found in the United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Asclepias subverticillata

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0