Asclepias syriaca L.
common milkweed
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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport. 2002. Usage Requirements.
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Images:
Asclepias syriaca L.
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Synonyms:
Asclepias syriaca L.
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ASIN13 |
Asclepias intermedia Vail |
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ASKA3 |
Asclepias kansana Vail |
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ASSYK |
Asclepias syriaca L. var. kansana (Vail) Palmer & Steyerm. |
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Distribution:
Asclepias syriaca L.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) |
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Related Taxa:
Asclepias syriaca L.
View
23 genera in Asclepiadaceae,
76 species in Asclepias
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Classification:
Asclepias syriaca L.
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Classification Report.
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U.S. Weed Information:
Asclepias syriaca L.
common milkweed
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Haragan, P.D.
1991.
Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide.
The University Press of Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky.
278pp.
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Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso.
1997.
Weeds of the Northeast.
Cornell University Press.
Ithaca, New York.
397pp.
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Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick.
1994.
Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains.
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
589pp.
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias syriaca L.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30310.
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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
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Related Web Sites:
Asclepias syriaca L.
Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds
Manitoba Agriculture - Weeds in Crop Production: abstract & images
Medicinal library lithograph
NE-University of Nebraska Weed Publications
NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)
USGS - Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands: abstract & image
Virginia: abstract & image
Wildflowers of Western Kentucky
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