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Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

Asclepias viridiflora (Green Milkweed)
This specimen of Green Milkweed shows a short stem with slightly wider opposite leaves and rounded greenish flower clusters growing on short stalks from the points where the leaves grow near the top of the stem.
Green Milkweed is found in dry or sandy prairies.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
ISM Herbarium Sheet #: 91082

<i>Asclepias viridiflora</i> (Green Milkweed)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

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