Subspecies Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior - (Central United States, Ontario and Quebec [5]) Asclepias tuberosa subsp. rolfsii - Rolfs milkweed (Southeastern United States) Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa - (Eastern United States) Common names 1a. Leaf blades narrow- oblong to lanceolate or oblong - ovate, widest below the middle, . ± truncate to cordate at the base, gradually tapering to the apex.. 7a. Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior Woods. 1b. Leaf blades oblong to obovate or oblanceolate, broadest above the middle, cuneate to rounded at the base, abruptly tapering to the apex.
Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior
Height: 1.00 to 2.50 feet Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet Bloom Time: June to August Bloom Description: Yellow/orange Sun: Full sun Water: Dry to medium Maintenance: Low Suggested Use: Naturalize, Rain Garden Flower: Showy Attracts: Butterflies Tolerate: Deer, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil Garden locations Culture Description Butterfly weed is a tuberous-rooted, native, herbaceous perennial in the Apocynaceae, or dogbane, family. Its Latin genus name, Asclepias, honors the Greek god of medicine, Asklepios. The species name, tuberosa, refers to the root. Asclepias tuberosa is native to sandy, rocky banks and meadows where it thrives in hot and dry conditions. This plant has a very deep tap-root system that extends several feet below ground making it drought tolerant. Generally asclepias tuberosa thrives in conditions that replicate its natural environment-dry areas with little moisture. 70b. Asclepias tuberosa Linnaeus subsp. interior Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 31: 368, plate 20 [in part]. 1944. Asclepias tuberosa var. interior (Woodson) Shinners; A. tuberosa subsp. terminalis Woodson. Stems 30-90 cm. Leaf blades narrowly elliptic or lanceolate to oblong or linear, 2-12 × 0.5-3 cm, base obtuse or truncate to cordate, margins planar, apex acute to attenuate.
Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior
Specimens and Distribution This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort. Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness-- Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness Presented in Association with the Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences Asclepias tuberosa is a beautiful milkweed which is frequently overrun with butterflies, hence its very appropriate name. Find help & information on Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior from the RHS This name is a synonym of Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson by Apocynaceae. The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2022-04-20) which reports it as a synonym of Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson
Asclepias tuberosa subsp interior Woodson Stock Photo Alamy
Download WCVP data. Build a checklist. Download WCVP data. Compilers and Reviewers. First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 31: 368 (1944) This subspecies is accepted. The native range of this subspecies is SE. Canada, U.S.A. to Mexico (Coahuila). There are three subspecies of A. tuberosa identified by USDA Plants National Database, all native to the U.S. Subspecies rolfsii and tuberosa are native to the eastern states and subspecies interior is native to most of the U.S., including Colorado. Details for Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly milkweed).
Three subspecies of Asclepias tuberosa are recognized by Kartesz (floristic synthesis, 1999): subsp. interior, comprising populations roughly from the Appalachian area and westwards; subsp. tuberosa, comprising populations east of the Plains states; and subsp. rolfsii, comprising populations in Florida and in adjoining states (Kartesz, 1999; USDA-NRCS 1999). New Mexico Flores. Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ) Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness. Consortium of Midwest Herbaria. Consortium of Southern Rocky Mountain Herbaria. Intermountain Region Herbaria Network (IRHN) Mid-Atlantic Herbaria. North American Network of Small Herbaria (NANSH)
Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior Knollige Seidenpflanze Gärtnerei Moos
wfo-0000551838 Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 31: 368 (1944) This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon of the species Asclepias tuberosa L. in the genus Asclepias (family Apocynaceae ). Asclepias tuberosa L. Sp. Pl. : 217 (1753) This name is reported by Apocynaceae as an accepted name in the genus Asclepias (family Apocynaceae ). The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2022-04-18) which reports it as an accepted name
