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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-017:
Asclepias cinerea FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias cinerea
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Milkweed, Ashy Milkweed, Walter's Milkweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-017:
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias cinerea
2976
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA, rare in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 0-1mm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in 1-4 umbels, terminal & from upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p256
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p360
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p361
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p068
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p047
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