NameThatPlant.net: Asclepias viridiflora

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Apocynaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Green Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-019:

Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

COMMON NAME:
Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-019:
Asclepias viridiflora FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

3307

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, barrens, glades, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, and also in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes strongly reflexed
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in 1-6 umbels from upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

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