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Asclepias perennis Walter
aquatic milkweed

       
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Distribution:
Asclepias perennis Walter

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Related Taxa:
Asclepias perennis Walter

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias
 

Classification:
Asclepias perennis Walter

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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 perennis Walter – aquatic milkweed
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Asclepias perennis Walter

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL NI OBL OBL NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias perennis Walter

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30293.

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: 10/30/2008 11:09 AM MDT