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 (Nelson, 2006).

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 (Nelson, 2006).

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