| Accepted name: |
Asclepias verticillata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Whorled Milkweed
Eastern Whorled Milkweed
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| French names: |
Asclépiade verticillée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HASCVE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Root chewed, saliva swallowed and strong decoction taken for snakebite. Root used as a sudorific(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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