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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias viridiflora
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Green Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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:
Green Milkweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acvi4_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_viridiflora_4
July Iredell County NC
Umbels are densely flowered and arise from the upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_viridiflora_14a
August
Corolla lobes strongly reflexed; hoods long, narrow & erect; horns absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_viridiflora_2
August Iredell County NC
Follicles erect, 9-13cm long, 1-2cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_viridiflora_1
September Iredell County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in open woodlands, woodland edges, barrens, glades, esp over mafic or calcareous rocks, and also in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes strongly reflexed
Superior ovary
Flowers in 1-6 umbels from upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p457
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p070
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p246
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p194
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p231
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p129