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Asclepias obovata Elliott. Common name: Pineland Milkweed. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other woodlands and savannas. Distribution: E. SC south to Panhandle FL, west to AR, e. OK, and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = Ar, Fl5, FNA14, K4, Ok, RAB, S, Tx, WH3, Woodson (1954), (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Asclepias obovata - FNA14

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native range
Erect perennial of sandy soils in pine and oak woods; occasionally in fields and on roadsides.
Stem unbranched, furry; leaks milky sap when bruised.
Leaves opposite, short-petiolate to sessile, oval to elliptic, 1-3 in. long, thick, furry beneath.
Flowers in dense clusters (1-1 1/2 in. wide) on very short stalks from upper leaf axils, yellowish-green with pink, 1/2 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, pale green corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 pink-tinged, 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.
Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.
1-2 1/2 ft.
Erect perennial of sandy soils in pine and oak woods; occasionally in fields and on roadsides.
Stem unbranched, furry; leaks milky sap when bruised.
Leaves opposite, short-petiolate to sessile, oval to elliptic, 1-3 in. long, thick, furry beneath.
Flowers in dense clusters (1-1 1/2 in. wide) on very short stalks from upper leaf axils, yellowish-green with pink, 1/2 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, pale green corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 pink-tinged, 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.
Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.


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