Index / Search / Asclepias verticillata
§1 Plant
Asclepias verticillata L.
vernacular whorled milkweed — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Asclepias
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 337 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 337 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Catoosa 13047
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Fulton 13121
- Gordon 13129
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Montgomery 13209
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Paulding 13223
- Stephens 13257
- Talbot 13263
- Taylor 13269
- Walker 13295
- Wayne 13305
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Simpson 21213
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASVE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170235 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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