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Asclepias verticillata
whorled milkweed
Catoctin Mountain Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Asclepias verticillata L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		whorled milkweed
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Gentianales, Family Apocynaceae, Genus Asclepias, Species Asclepias verticillata


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S3
Evidence:		0 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Badlands National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Chiricahua National Monument
Colonial National Historical Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fort Larned National Historic Site	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Natchez Trace Parkway
Niobrara National Scenic River	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pipestone National Monument	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site


Last Modified Date:	11/27/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/25/2025 7:47:32 AM

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