Taxon: Asclepias viridis Walter

Common names:

• antelope-horns   (Source: F NC Tex ) – English
  
• green antelope-horn   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  
• green milkweed   (Source: F NC Tex ) – English
  
• spider milkweed   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Toxicon 28:603-604. 1990)
  

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View toxicology references for Asclepias viridis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Ohio [s.], West Virginia [Jackson & Wirt Cos.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska [s.e.], Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist.
• Burrows, G. E. et al. 1990. Intoxication due to Asclepias sp. (milkweeds). Toxicon 28:603–604.
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas.
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asclepias viridis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asclepias viridis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Asclepias viridis.

Check other web resources for Asclepias viridis Walter:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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