Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Read more about White Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-012:
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Milkweed, Red-ring Milkweed
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JK Marlow jkm070528_137
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
The petals are flaring, the hoods sac-like, and the horns very short, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm070528_137b
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Pollinator at work
JK Marlow jkm100501_004
May Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
4-6 pr of broad, ovate-oblong leaves, dark green above, pale & hairy below, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm100514_056
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
In an umbel, the flower stalks arise from a common point, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm210523_0677
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Each flower white, a purple ring surrounding the fused anthers and style, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
JK Marlow jkm210523_0679
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves petiolate, oval to widely elliptical, to 5.5" long, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-012:
Asclepias variegata
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae