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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias humistrata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pinewoods Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Pinewoods Milkweed, Fleshy Milkweed
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May
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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.
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May Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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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 (11/30/12):
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
2566
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Flowers in 2-5(+) umbels, from upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p109
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p072
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p272
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p361
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p160
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p070
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p204
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p115