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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Asclepias connivens   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key

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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image of Asclepias connivens, Largeflower Milkweed

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1164336370874448

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Leaves oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, to 2.75" long, somewhat white-waxy, and slightly hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

 

 

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

 

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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
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Follicle

 

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