Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
COMMON NAME:
Barrens Milkweed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_hirtella_2
June
Leaves numerous, linear, rough, 4-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_asclepias_hirtella_2b
June
Individual flowers on hairy stalks and without horns, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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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.