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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stalked Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-020:
Asclepias pedicellata FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Podostigma pedicellata
COMMON NAME:
Stalked Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4655
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Leaves sessile, narrowly lance-shaped to linear, and 1.25-3.5" long, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4658
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4670
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Flowers erect, borne in 2-8 flowered umbels at the tip of a 1/4-1/2" stalk, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-020:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Podostigma pedicellata
3155
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry longleaf pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes erect
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in 1-3 umbels, terminal or from upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p166
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p352
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