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Asclepias exaltata L.
Asclepias exaltata L.
Asclepias exaltata, or poke milkweed, is a native eastern North American floweri…
Asclepias fascicularis Decne.
Asclepias fascicularis Decne.
Asclepias fascicularis is a western North American perennial milkweed cultivated…
Asclepias feayi Chapm. ex A.Gray
Asclepias feayi Chapm. ex A.Gray
Asclepias feayi, or Florida milkweed, is an Apocynaceae milkweed species endemic…
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson
Asclepias hirtella is a tall perennial milkweed, an uncommon prairie native acro…
Asclepias humistrata Walter
Asclepias humistrata Walter
Asclepias humistrata Walter is a flowering milkweed endemic to the southeastern …
Asclepias incarnata L.
Asclepias incarnata L.
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) is a wetland milkweed widely planted to sup…
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
Asclepias lanceolata, or fewflower milkweed, is a North American perennial milkw…
Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt.
Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt.
Asclepias lanuginosa is a perennial herbaceous flowering milkweed native to cent…
Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.
Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.
Asclepias latifolia, or broadleaf milkweed, is a poisonous perennial milkweed na…
Asclepias linaria Cav.
Asclepias linaria Cav.
Asclepias linaria, or pineneedle milkweed, is a desert native milkweed and monar…
Asclepias longifolia Michx.
Asclepias longifolia Michx.
Asclepias longifolia (longleaf milkweed) is a rare flowering plant native to the…
Asclepias nyctaginifolia A.Gray
Asclepias nyctaginifolia A.Gray
Asclepias nyctaginifolia, or Mojave milkweed, is a hairy perennial milkweed nati…
Asclepias oenotheroides Cham. & Schltdl.
Asclepias oenotheroides Cham. & Schltdl.
Zizotes milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) is a small North/Central American per…
Asclepias pedicellata Walter
Asclepias pedicellata Walter
Asclepias pedicellata, the savannah milkweed, is a perennial herb milkweed with …
Asclepias perennis Walter
Asclepias perennis Walter
Asclepias perennis, aquatic milkweed, is a cold-hardy perennial host for monarch…
Asclepias purpurascens L.
Asclepias purpurascens L.
Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) is a shade-preferring milkweed native t…
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
Asclepias quadrifolia, fourleaf milkweed, is a small perennial woodland milkweed…
Asclepias rubra L.
Asclepias rubra L.
Gray used 'founded upon' for Clayton 263 (BM), Woodson indicated 310.39 (LINN) a…
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Asclepias speciosa is a North American perennial milkweed, a key host plant for …
Asclepias stenophylla A.Gray
Asclepias stenophylla A.Gray
Asclepias stenophylla (slimleaf milkweed) is a herbaceous perennial milkweed nat…
Asclepias subulata Decne.
Asclepias subulata Decne.
Asclepias subulata, or rush/desert milkweed, is a native North American desert p…
Asclepias subverticillata (A.Gray) Vail
Asclepias subverticillata (A.Gray) Vail
Asclepias subverticillata is a toxic North American milkweed with documented tra…
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A.Gray
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A.Gray
Asclepias sullivantii, Sullivant's milkweed, is a threatened perennial prairie p…
Asclepias syriaca L.
Asclepias syriaca L.
Asclepias syriaca is a key milkweed food source for monarch butterflies, cultiva…
