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Read more about Poke Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias exaltata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias exaltata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-007:
Asclepias exaltata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Poke Milkweed, Tall Milkweed
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JK Marlow jkm120517_060
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves are thin, broadly elliptic, tapered at both ends, mostly smooth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_exaltata_20
May
Flowers in loosely-flowered, drooping umbels from upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm150607_313
June McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves resemble those of Pokeweed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm060723_081
July Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stem simple, solitary, 5-10dm tall, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm080726_062b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
SC's only milkweed w smooth, broad, stalked leaves & smooth erect follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm090709_224
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns arching high, 1.5-2x long as corona hoods, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140704_562
July Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
The small green sepals alternate with the larger greenish-white petals.
JK Marlow jkm150808_615
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Caterpillars of the Milkweed Tussock Moth hatch and feed together, per Milkweeds, Monarchs and More by Rea, Oberhauser, and Quinn.