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Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
fourleaf milkweed

       
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Photo of Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Distribution:
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias
 

Classification:
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Gentianales
Family Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus Asclepias L. – milkweed
Species Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. – fourleaf milkweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Hampshire:
four-leaved milkweed              Threatened
Rhode Island:
four-leaved milkweed              Threatened
 

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30297.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/22/2008 06:44 PM MDT