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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Apocynaceae

SPECIES

Asclepias - [maps | photos]

  • Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woods.
    NWI TN: Obligate Upland
    Common Name: green milkweed
    Synonyms:
             • Acerates hirtella Pennell
             • Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd.
             • Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eat.
             • Asclepiodora viridis (Walt.) Gray

*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.
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