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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Acerates viridiflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed


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image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_acvi4_001_lvd

        

image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10216398186043292

June        

image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

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 (Carman, 2005).

image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_a_viridiflora_2

August    Iredell County    NC

Follicles erect, 9-13cm long, 1-2cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Asclepias viridiflora, Glade Milkweed, Green Milkweed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_a_viridiflora_1

September    Iredell County    NC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acerates viridiflora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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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