...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias viridis
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias viridis
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepiodora viridis
COMMON NAME:
Green Antelope-horn, Spider Milkweed, Green Milkweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asvi11_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_viridis_1
May
Leaves oblong to lance-oblong or elliptic, rounded at base, short-stalked, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_viridis_1b
May
The petals are green and spreading (not reflexed); the hood is purple, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_viridis_4
May
Note the upright petals, unique among the milkweeds, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.