PLANTS Profile for Asclepias viridis (green antelopehorn)

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Asclepias viridis Walter
green antelopehorn

Symbol:

ASVI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Asclepias viridis Walter

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Synonyms:
Asclepias viridis Walter

ASVI11

Asclepiodora viridis (Walter) A. Gray

Distribution:
Asclepias viridis Walter


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NE, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, WV)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias viridis Walter

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias

Classification:
Asclepias viridis Walter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Asclepias L. – milkweed
Species	Asclepias viridis Walter – green antelopehorn

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias viridis Walter

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
green milkweed		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias viridis Walter

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30323.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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Time Generated: 09/20/2008 05:39 AM MDT