Asclepias verticillata
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| Asclepias verticillata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Asclepias |
| Species: | A. verticillata |
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| Asclepias verticillata L. |
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Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed[1], or Horsetail Milkweed) is a species of milkweed which is used as a medicinal plant[2] by Native American tribes and in Butterfly gardening.
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[edit] Description
This plant is also cited as a poisonous plant to livestock, but is rarely consumed by them because it is so unpalatable.It is about one to three feet tall.[3][4]
[edit] Distribution
Its native range includes most of eastern North America and parts of western North America.[1]
[edit] Butterflies
Asclepias verticillata is a specific Monarch butterfly food and habitat plant.
[edit] References
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