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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias hirtella   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)

Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new combination in Asclepias. Phytologia (Farmer & Bell, 1985)

Asclepias longifolia ssp. hirtella

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Acerates hirtella

 

COMMON NAME:
Barrens Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Prairie Milkweed


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image of Asclepias hirtella, Barrens Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Prairie Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_asclepias_hirtella_2

June        

Leaves numerous, linear, rough, 4-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Asclepias hirtella, Barrens Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Prairie Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_asclepias_hirtella_2b

June        

Individual flowers on hairy stalks and without horns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Asclepias hirtella, Barrens Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Prairie Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_asclepias_hirtella2

August        

Nearly spherical umbels arise from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias hirtella   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias hirtella   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Asclepias hirtella & A. longifolia (Apocynaceae) (Turner, 2009)
Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new combination in Asclepias. Phytologia (Farmer & Bell, 1985)
Asclepias longifolia ssp. hirtella

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acerates hirtella

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3585

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: limestone glades, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite or subopposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white with pinkish tips
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in spherical umbels from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Follicle

 

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