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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias cinerea
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Milkweed, Walter's Milkweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
2976
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Common in GA, rare in SC
Look for it in pine savannas, 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.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 0-1mm long
FLOWER:
Summer
Purplish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
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 p256
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p361
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p068