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Asclepias purpurascens Linnaeus — Purple Milkweed

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{Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers

 {Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers
{Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers

 {Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers

{Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers / Leaves

 {Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers / Leaves

{Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers / Leaves

 {Asclepias purpurascens}
Flowers / Leaves

Habitat:

Openings in moist bottomlands and swamp forests, prairies, woodlands, perhaps mostly on soils derived from mafic or calcareous rocks.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.


Distribution

The range of Asclepias purpurascens

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].



Note: I collected A. purpurascens from Floyd Co., GA in 1995, almost 25 years ago. It has recently been reported from Cobb Co. I have observed the species in Gordon Co. (possibly extirpated) and Bartow Co. (also possibly extirpated)


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