Wildflowers Identified: Whorled Milkweed
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Whorled Milkweed has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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