Project Details
Project: Milkweeds (Asclepias) of Florida

Project Leader: Jennifer Jordan

Project Description:
Our Florida specimens of the genus Asclepias (Apocynaceae).

Project Species (Family, Genus, Species):
FamilySpeciesCommon Name
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias amplexicaulis CLASPING MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias cinerea CAROLINA MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias connivens LARGEFLOWER MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias curassavica BLOODFLOWER, SCARLET MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias curtissii CURTISS' MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias feayi FLORIDA MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias humistrata PINEWOODS MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias incarnata SWAMP MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias lanceolata FEWFLOWER MILKWEED, SMOOTH ORANGE MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias longifolia LONGLEAF MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias michauxii MICHAUX'S MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias obovata PINELAND MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias pedicellata SAVANNAH MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias perennis SWAMP MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias rubra RED MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias tomentosa VELVETLEAF MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias tuberosa BUTTERFLY MILKWEED, BUTTERFLY WEED, BUTTERFLYWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias variegata REDRING MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias verticillata WHORLED MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias viridiflora GREEN MILKWEED 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias viridis GREEN ANTELOPEHORN 
AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias viridula GREEN MILKWEED, SOUTHERN MILKWEED 
 
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