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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stalked Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-020:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Stalked Milkweed, Savanna Milkweed
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4655
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Leaves sessile, narrowly lance-shaped to linear, and 1.25-3.5" long, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4658
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_a_pedicillata_4670
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Flowers erect, borne in 2-8 flowered umbels at the tip of a 1/4-1/2" stalk, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-020:
Asclepias pedicellata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
3155
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in dry 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
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes erect
Superior ovary
Flowers in 1-3 umbels, terminal or from upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle
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