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Show Milkweeds Poisonous , Sometimes Kill Stockwhorled Stock StockWhorled Whorled milkweeds are pOisonous poisonousto to hve live stock and sometimes cause causelosses causelosses causelosses losses among horses cattle and andsheep andsheep andsheep andsheepWhorled sheep sheepWhorled Whorled milkweeds mll1.weeds mll1weeds . have slenderstalks slender slenderstalks slenderstalks stalks The leaves are aJe : narrow and andale andare andare ale are : from two to three inches mches long longThey longThey longThey They develop in ID clusters or whorls whorlsof whorlsof whorlsot of several needlelike needleh1.e needleh1e . leaves around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe the stalk The flowers : are aJe of gleen green gleenIsh greenish greenish : Ish white whlte The botan st s name for forfulS forthis forthis fulS this weed is Asclepias VlrtlcillataCommon virticillataCommon virticillata Vlrtlcillata virticillataCommon Common milkweeds have a heav heavler heavier heavler ler ier stalk than the whorled wholled : variety varietyThe varietyThe varietyThe The leaves are ale : comparatively broad broadoblong broadoblong broadoblong oblong in m shape and placed on opposite op opposlte opposite poslte posite sides of the stalk The flow flowels flowera flowers els era : are of a rose Iose : purple The botan botanIcal botanical botanical Ical name is Asclepias synaca sYriaca The Theswamp Theswamp Theswamp swamp variety is known botan calIy cally calIyas callyas callyas as Asclepias mcarnata mcamata inearnata It has a alalger alarger alarger lalger larger : deeper hued blossom than thanthe thanthe thanthe the common milkweedMilkweeds milkweedMilkweeds milkweed milkweedMilkweeds Milkweeds are deeply : rooted Iooted per perenn perinn perenn enn inn al plants produc ploduc : ng seeds In Inpods inpods inpods pods with a flossi flossl ke material matenal m in in'ide in"ide inide 'ide ide " < ' Ide the pods The pods of the com common common cornmon mon milkweed are ale : larger largel : than those thoseof thoseof thoseof of thehoJed the \ whorled \\hoJed hoJed : ! or swamp milkweed nulkeed nulk\ nulk \ eed |