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Photo Guide : Asclepias viridiflora (Green Milkweed)

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  • Perennial herb from a vertical rootstock
  • 1-6dm tall
  • Leaves opposite or subopposite; 4-11cm long, 0.8-5cm wide
  • Flowers: pale green
  • Habitat: Sandy or rocky calcareous soils in prairies
  • Distribution: Great Plains; (s Can., CT to MT, s to GA & AZ; ne Mex.)
Text taken from:
Great Plains Association, 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas.
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