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green'* OR GREENISH FLOWERS 
Whorled Milkweed {Asclepias verticillata) . Milkweed 
family. Summer, autumn. 
A perennial herb, not over two and one-half feet high, with the 
small flowers characteristic of the milkweeds (page 198) in 
small lateral and terminal umbels. The leaves are whorled, 
linear, with margins rolled back. Dry hills. 
Virginia Snakeroot {Aristolochia Serpentaria). Birthwort 
family. June, July. 
A perennial herb, average height a foot, with a soft-hairy 
stem bearing heart-shaped, long-pointed leaves. The small 
greenish flowers are few, near the base of the plant on long- 
stalks; calyx curved, three-lobed; petals wanting. Connecticut, 
West and South. 
WHORLED MLKWEED 
(As cJepi'as verticilla ta ) 
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