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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Asclepias syriaca

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-010:

Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Asclepias syriaca

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Milkweed


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_069

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asin13_001_lvd

        

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_assy_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_287

        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_syriaca_common

May        

Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns more or less equaling the hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_syriaca_common_2

June        

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JK Marlow    jkm0407i_23

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm0507c_03

July    Wise County    VA

Roadside

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm0507c_19

July    Fayette County    WV

Canyon Rim Visitors Center

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm0507i_10b

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Creekside/Riverside

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JK Marlow    jkm0507i_37

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm0507j_02

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm200706_6467

July    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm200706_6468

July    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

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Keith Bradley    kab_a_syriaca_1384

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    s050709_a

July    Wise County    VA

Roadside

Leaves oblong to slightly oval, 4-6" long, acute at the tip, hairy beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asclepias syriaca

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-010:
Asclepias syriaca   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias syriaca

 

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138

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, floodplains, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Mountains & Piedmont of NC

Common in Mountains & Piedmont of NC (rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer
Rose/Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in 2-6 umbels from upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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