2882

Forb
Perennial
Has milky sap (latex)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Common

Look for it in swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Flowers in 2-4 umbels, from upper leaf axils or appearing terminal

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p110
• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p113
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p125
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p067
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p191
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p228

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias perennis   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias perennis   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 157-01-002:
Asclepias perennis   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae