PLANTS Profile for Asclepias viridiflora (green comet milkweed)

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Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
green comet milkweed

Symbol:

ASVI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

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Synonyms:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

	ACVI4	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton
	ACVII	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. ivesii Britton
	ACVIL	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. linearis A. Gray
	ASVIL	Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. lanceolata Torr.
	ASVIL2	Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. linearis (A. Gray) Fernald

Distribution:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias

Classification:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

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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 viridiflora Raf. – green comet milkweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

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.

Connecticut:
green milkweed		Special Concern
Florida:
green-flower milkweed		Endangered
New York:
green milkweed		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias viridiflora Raf.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30322.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 09:15 PM MDT