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Asclepias viridiflora
Also called Green Milkweed, Glade Milkweed, Green Flowered Milkweed, Short Green Milkweed, Green Antelopehorn Milkweed
Green comet milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) is a native perennial herb of central and eastern North America, growing up to about 50 cm tall with greenish-white flowers. It thrives in open, sunny to partly shaded prairies, fields and roadsides with well-drained soil.
Asclepias viridiflora; also known as green comet milkweed, green-flower milkweed, and green milkweed; is a species of milkweed (Asclepias). The plant is located in the eastern and central United States, ranging between Connecticut to Georgia and Arizona to Montana, and is also in southern Canada and northern Mexico. The Latin epithet viridiflora translates as "green-flowered".
Asclepias viridiflora is an erect to ascending herb up to 50 cm tall, with greenish-white flowers. The pods lack the warts and tubercules common on other species of Asclepias. It grows in moist to dry shaded roadsides, fields, and prairies.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias viridiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
