Plants Profile for Asclepias viridiflora (green comet milkweed)

General Information
Symbol:	ASVI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asclepiadaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, VA, Woodbridge, Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 34. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ACVI4	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton
ACVII	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. ivesii Britton
ACVIL	Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. linearis A. Gray
ASVIL	Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. lanceolata Torr.
ASVIL2	Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. linearis (A. Gray) Fernald

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Asclepias L. – milkweed
Species	Asclepias viridiflora Raf. – green comet milkweed

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Connecticut green milkweed Special Concern
Florida green-flower milkweed Endangered
New York green milkweed Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Related Links

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ACVI4)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ACVII)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ACVIL)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ASVI)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ASVIL)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ASVIL2)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (ASVI)
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) (ASVI)
Native Plants Network (ASVI)
USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (ASVI)
University of Tennessee Herbarium (Distribution) (ASVI)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium (ASVI)

Wildlife

Food

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Cover

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Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover