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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anantherix connivens
COMMON NAME:
Largeflower Milkweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anantherix connivens
3174
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA, rare in SC
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish-yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p223
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p456
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p069
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p048