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Read more about Purple 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 purpurascens
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias purpurascens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-013:
Asclepias purpurascens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple Milkweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_aspu2_005_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_purpurascens
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_purpurascens_16
May
Upper leaf surface dark green, w red midvein & conspicuous pale vein pattern, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_purpurascens_b
May
Petals down-curved, hoods erect, horns sharply pointed & shorter than hoods, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_purpurascens_20
June
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_purpurascens_1
June Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_a_purpurascens_2
June Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden