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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asclepias tomentosa
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Velvetleaf Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias tomentosa
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asclepias tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asclepias tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-015:
Asclepias tomentosa FAMILY Asclepiadaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias aceratoides
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Milkweed, Velvetleaf Milkweed
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1315711369292613
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_565202162462869
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Asclepias tomentosa
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias tomentosa
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Asclepias tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asclepias tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-015:
Asclepias tomentosa
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias aceratoides
4787
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, oak scrubs, drier pine flatwoods, coastal dunes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow-green
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal and upper axil umbels
FRUIT:
Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p302
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p456
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p070
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p118
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