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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

Asclepias tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Asclepias tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-015:

Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Asclepias aceratoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Milkweed, Velvetleaf Milkweed


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image of Asclepias tomentosa, Sandhill Milkweed, Velvetleaf Milkweed

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1315711369292613

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Asclepias tomentosa, Sandhill Milkweed, Velvetleaf Milkweed

Alan S. Weakley    asw_565202162462869

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asclepias tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-015:
Asclepias tomentosa   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias aceratoides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4787

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, coastal dunes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow-green
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal and upper axil umbels

FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle

 

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