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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asclepias hirtella
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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.
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
3585
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in limestone glades, prairies, 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 or subopposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white with pinkish tips
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in spherical umbels from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p191
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p227