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Common Name:
Eastern Swamp Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias pulchra
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns longer than corona hoods & incurved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Smoothseed Milkweed, Swampforest Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed
Flowers in 1-2" wide axillary umbels, hoods with prominent protruding horns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Whorled Milkweed, Narrowleaf Milkweed
The petals turned downward, the upright hoods topped by protruding horns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Butterfly Milkweed, Common Butterflyweed, Pleurisy Root, Wind Root
Pollinator at work... Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns shorter than hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Purple Savanna Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Bog Milkweed
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias laurifolia
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias rubra
Strongly reflexed purplish-red/lavender corolla lobes & orange-tinged hoods, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Few-flower Milkweed, Red Milkweed
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asclepias lanceolata var. paupercula
Corolla lobes reflexed, spreading; corona horns shorter than corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Poke Milkweed, Tall Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns arching high, 1.5-2x long as corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Clasping Milkweed, Blunt-leaved Milkweed, Wavyleaf Milkweed
Rose-purple flowers sometimes suffused w green. Slender horns exceed hoods, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Four-leaved Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona spreading, its horns shorter than its hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Milkweed
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns more or less equaling the hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Fleshy Milkweed, Pinewoods Milkweed
The hoods are whitish, the petals ashy to pinkish-gray & strongly reflexed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
White Milkweed , Red-ring Milkweed
The petals are flaring, the hoods sac-like, and the horns very short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Purple Milkweed
Petals down-curved, hoods erect, horns sharply pointed & shorter than hoods, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Common Name:
Michaux's Milkweed
Blossoms have very visible horns, whereas those of A. longifolia lack horns. — Will Stuart
Common Name:
Pineland Milkweed, Green Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias obovata
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Common Name:
Longleaf Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)
Asclepias longifolia var. longifolia
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acerates floridana
Corolla lobes have rose tips; corona horns absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Barrens Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)
Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new combination in Asclepias. Phytologia (Farmer & Bell, 1985)
Asclepias longifolia ssp. hirtella
Individual flowers on hairy stalks and without horns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Green Milkweed
Corolla lobes strongly reflexed; hoods long, narrow & erect; horns absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Stalked Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
Flowers erect, borne in 2-8 flowered umbels at the tip of a 1/4-1/2" stalk, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Green Antelope-horn, Spider Milkweed, Green Milkweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepiodora viridis
The petals are green and spreading (not reflexed); the hood is purple, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Bluevine, Sandvine, Honeyvine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Ampelamus laevis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gonolobus laevis
Stalked clusters of small flowers in axils. Petals erect, spreading slightly, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Swallow-wort, Sand-vine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Clarifications, new... combinations in American Cynanchinae (Liede & Meve, 1997)
Funastrum angustifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lyonia palustris
Calyx lobes lanceolate. Corolla deeply lobed, greenish-white &/or rose-tinged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amphistelma scoparia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cynanchum nigrum
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Common Name:
Eastern Anglepod
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Matelea suberosa
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus gonocarpos
Stem mostly hairy; 5 spreading petals yellowish at tip, deep purple at base, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine, Climbing Milkvine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus obliquus
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Odontostephana shortii
Corolla lobes (3.2-) 4.0-6.2x as long as wide, the widest part at the sinus, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Deceptive Spinypod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus decipiens
Corolla lobes are 3-4x as long as wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Carolina Spinypod, Climbing Milkweed, Climbing Milkvine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gonolobus carolinensis
Corolla lobes are ovate-rounded & 2-2.5x as long as wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Yellow Spinypod
NC/SC specimens similar to M carolinensis except for color and distribution, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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