Apocynaceae
Whorled milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Asclepias
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- صقلاب شعري
- arz
- صقلاب شعرى
- Chinese
- 輪生乳草, 轮生乳草
- English
- Whorled milkweed
- German
- Quirlblättrige Seidenpflanze
- nv
- Tłʼiish bideeʼtsʼóóz
Synonyms
- Asclepias galioides Kunth
- Asclepias linifolia Kunth
- Asclepias parviflora Leconte ex Decne.
- Asclepias verticillata var. galioides (Kunth) Decne.
- Asclepias verticillata var. leptophylla Torr.
- Asclepias verticillata var. linifolia (Kunth) Decne.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: George F Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.