PLANTS Profile for Asclepias sullivantii (prairie milkweed)

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Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray
prairie milkweed

Symbol:

ASSU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray

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Distribution:
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, WI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias

Classification:
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray

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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 sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray – prairie milkweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray

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.

Michigan:
Sullivant's milkweed		Threatened
Minnesota:
Sullivant's milkweed		Threatened
Wisconsin:
prairie milkweed		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30309.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 05:08 PM MDT