Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Apocynaceae

Amsonia - [maps | photos]

• Amsonia tabernaemontana Walt. var. gattingeri Woods. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: eastern bluestar

• Amsonia tabernaemontana Walt. var. tabernaemontana
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: eastern bluestar

Apocynum - [maps | photos]

• Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: spreading dogbane

• Apocynum cannabinum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: Indian hemp

Asclepias - [maps | photos]

• Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.
  Common Name: clasping milkweed

• Asclepias exaltata L.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: poke milkweed

• Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woods.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: green milkweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acerates hirtella Pennell

• Asclepias incarnata L. ssp. incarnata
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: swamp milkweed

• Asclepias incarnata L. ssp. pulchra (Ehrend. ex Willd.) Woods.
  Common Name: swamp milkweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd.

• Asclepias perennis Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: aquatic milkweed

• Asclepias purpurascens L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: purple milkweed

• Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
  Common Name: fourleaf milkweed

• Asclepias syriaca L.
  Common Name: common milkweed

• Asclepias tuberosa L.
  Common Name: butterfly milkweed

• Asclepias variegata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: redring milkweed

• Asclepias verticillata L.
  Common Name: whorled milkweed

• Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
  Common Name: green comet milkweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eat.

• Asclepias viridis Walt.
  Common Name: green antelopehorn
  Synonyms:
  

         • Asclepiodora viridis (Walt.) Gray

Cynanchum - [maps | photos]

• Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: honeyvine
  Synonyms:
  

         • Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britton

Matelea - [maps | photos]

• Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woods.
  Common Name: maroon Carolina milkvine
  Synonyms:
  

         • Gonolobus carolinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex J.A. Schultes, non Nutt.

• Matelea gonocarpos (Walt.) Shinners
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: angularfruit milkvine
  Synonyms:
  

         • Gonolobus gonocarpos (Walt.) Perry

• Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woods.
  Common Name: climbing milkvine
  Synonyms:
  

         • Gonolobus obliquus (Jacq.) R. Br. ex J.A. Schultes

         • Gonolobus shortii Gray

Trachelospermum - [maps | photos]

• Trachelospermum difforme (Walt.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: climbing dogbane

Vinca - [maps | photos]

• Vinca major * L.
  Common Name: graveyard plant

• Vinca minor * L.
  Common Name: graveyard plant

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.