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Asclepias subverticillata
Also called Poison Milkweed, Whorled Milkweed, Western Whorled Milkweed
Horsetail milkweed is a native perennial of the southwestern US and Mexico, growing to about 1.2 m with whorled, thin leaves and small white flowers. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it thrives in dry, sunny, well-drained sites.
Asclepias subverticillata is a plant found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Common names include horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed and whorled milkweed.
It is indigenous to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and parts of some nearby states, in addition to Mexico.
Among the Zuni people the buds are eaten by young boys. The pods are also gathered when two-thirds ripe and the fibers are used for weaving clothing. The coma is made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
