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Asclepias incarnata, commonly called swamp milkweed, is an erect, clump-forming, Missouri native plant which is commonly found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows throughout the State. It typically grows 3-4' tall (less frequently to 5') on branching stems.
Asclepias curassavica, commonly called blood flower, tropical milkweed, or scarlet milkweed, is a tender, evergreen perennial in the dogbane family. It is thought to be native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, but has escaped cultivation and naturalized worldwide in many tropical and subtropical areas.
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. [1] [2] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. [3]
Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa. Butterflyweed is a long-lived herbaceous perennial in the milkweed family (Apocynaceae, formerly Asclepidaceae) native to much of North America except the northwest, from eastern Canada south to Florida, west to the Dakotas down to Colorado and the southwest, except Nevada, into California, but is most widespread in the eastern half of the U.S.
Asclepias spp. (Milkweed) is a perennial plant indigenous to the Great Plains and from North Carolina to Maine (Kingsbury, 1964; Stevens, 2000). Most toxic is Labriform Milkweed followed by the narrow-leaf Whorled Milkweed that exudes a milky juice from its broken surfaces.
Learn about the characteristics, distribution, and conservation status of Asclepias tuberosa, a native wildflower and butterfly host plant.
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