Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is a plant which even the casual observer cannot walk past without noticing. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

A striking plant, with its prostrate stems, somewhat fleshy leaves borne in a vertical plain, and cream, pink, or red main leaf veins standing out against the blue-green color of the leaf blade, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias humistrata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-011:
Asclepias humistrata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias humistrata

COMMON NAME:
Pinewoods Milkweed, Fleshy Milkweed, Sandhill Milkweed

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John B. Nelson    jbn_146559535_368ec7915a

May        

Will Stuart    wil_14247609931

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Leaf surfaces dull green decorated with conspicuous pink to lavender veins, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.

Will Stuart    wil_14247609931b

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Will Stuart    wil_14247609931c

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

The hoods are whitish, the petals ashy to pinkish-gray & strongly reflexed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias humistrata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias humistrata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-011:
Asclepias humistrata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias humistrata