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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias syriaca
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
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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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).
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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