Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Apocynaceae

Asclepias - [maps | photos]

• Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.
  Common Name: clasping milkweed

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

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

         • Acerates hirtella Pennell

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

• Asclepias purpurascens L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI 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 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

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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.

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