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Asclepias subverticillata |
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| Common name |
horsetail milkweed |
| Family |
apocynaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial  |
| Flowers |
white (late spring-summer) |
| Size |
12-36" |
Herbaceous perennial native to the U.S. interior west and great plains down to Mexico. It forms a cluster of upright stems, with narrow leaves and round umbels of starry white flowers. The plant is toxic to most animals.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: left fence nursery area About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Asclepias subverticillata
- Seed from NARGS '24/'25 exchange. Baggy 70F (78%G, 10-28d). Germination was apparently provoked by damaging the seed membrane, which I did progressively as more seeds germinated
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April 27, 2025
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