Asclepias viridiflora Rafinesque

Asclepias viridiflora Rafinesque is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2023c.

Vernacular names

• asclépiade à fleurs vertes Darbyshire et al., 2000

• green comet milkweed FNA Ed. Comm., 2023c
• glade milkweed Weakley et al., 2023
• green milkweed Darbyshire et al., 2000
• green-flowered milkweed UWSP
• short green milkweed UWSP

Synonyms

• Acerates ivesii Wooton & Standley FNA Ed. Comm., 2023c
• Acerates linearis (A. Gray) Lunell TROPICOS
• Acerates viridiflora (Rafinesque) Eaton TROPICOS
• Acerates viridiflora var. linearis A. Gray TROPICOS
• Asclepias lanceolata E. Ives nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Asclepias viridiflora Rafinesque var. viridiflora TROPICOS
• Asclepias viridiflora var. ivesii Britton nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Asclepias viridiflora var. lanceolata Torrey FNA Ed. Comm., 2023c
• Asclepias viridiflora var. linearis (A. Gray) Fernald FNA Ed. Comm., 2023c
• Gomphocarpus viridiflorus (Rafinesque) Sprengel TROPICOS

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae
Subfamily	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe	Asclepiadeae
Genus	Asclepias
Species	Asclepias viridiflora

Habit

Herb