PLANTS Profile for Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Asclepias tuberosa L.
butterfly milkweed

Symbol:

ASTU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Asclepias tuberosa L.

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Distribution:
Asclepias tuberosa L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior
butterfly milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa ssp. rolfsii
Rolfs' milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa ssp. tuberosa
butterfly milkweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

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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 tuberosa L. – butterfly milkweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

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.

Maine:
butterfly weed		Possibly Extirpated
New Hampshire:
butterfly-weed		Endangered
New York:
butterfly-weed		Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
butterfly milkweed		Special Concern
Vermont:
butterfly-weed		Threatened

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30313.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

AL-Wildflowers of Alabama

CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society

FL-University of Florida Extension

IL-Illinois Wildflowers

IN-Center for New Crops and Plant Products (Purdue)

KS-Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses

KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MO-Kemper Center for Home Gardening (MoBotGard)

MO-Missouri Plants

NC-Plant Fact Sheet (NCSU)

NC-Poisonous Plants of North Carolina

Nearartica Eastern Wildflowers

TX-Texas Parks and Wildlife

UK-Plants For A Future

USDI FWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program

WI-University of Wisconsin Freckmann Herbarium

Wild Flowers of the Southeastern U.S.

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 08:59 AM MDT