...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias syriaca
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias syriaca
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-010:
Asclepias syriaca
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Milkweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asin13_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_assy_001_lvd
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_syriaca_common_2
June
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JK Marlow jkm0407i_23
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0507c_03
July Wise County VA
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507c_19
July Fayette County WV
Canyon Rim Visitors Center
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JK Marlow jkm0507i_10b
July Pocahontas County WV
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm0507i_37
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0507j_02
July Pocahontas County WV
Roadside
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Keith Bradley kab_a_syriaca_1384
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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.