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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
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
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