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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purple Savanna Milkweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-005:
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias laurifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias rubra
COMMON NAME:
Purple Savanna Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Bog Milkweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asru_001_lvd
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Alistair Glen gwn_asclepiasrubra
June Pender County NC
Growing Wild Nursery
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JK Marlow jkm100612_004
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Pollinator at work
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JK Marlow jkm100612_008
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
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JK Marlow jkm100612_015
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, cuneate to rounded at base, acuminate at apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm100612_018
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Strongly reflexed purplish-red/lavender corolla lobes & orange-tinged hoods, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-005:
Asclepias rubra
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias laurifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asclepias rubra
3028
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of NC-SC, rare elsewhere
Look for it in pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, sandhill seeps, seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer
Red/ Pinkish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Flowers in 1-4 umbels, terminal & from leafy or leafless upper nodes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p311
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p363
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p067
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p110
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p207