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Asclepias syriaca L.


 


See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Matthew 6:28-29 


English anagrams
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Distribution in USA and Canada

USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Distributional map for Asclepias syriaca L.
Map for Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA


TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae


Genus: Asclepias

Species


 

 


PLANT PROFILE  : (*)

Common names

U.S. name: common milkweed


Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Asclepias intermedia Vail
= Asclepias kansana Vail
= Asclepias syriaca L. var. kansana (Vail) Palmer & Steyerm.


Images


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 28.


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 30.


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 22 June 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Jennifer Anderson - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


Other informations


Index of taxa

Genera of  Asclepiadaceae:


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