Asclepias connivens Baldwin. Common name: Largeflower Milkweed. Phenology: May-Aug (-Sep); Jul-Sep (-Nov). Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, seepage bogs. Distribution: Se. SC (McMillan et al. 2002) south to s. FL, west to w. FL Panhandle (Santa Rosa County) and s. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, WH3, Woodson (1954); = Anantherix connivens (Baldwin) Feay — S; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Asclepias connivens Baldwin 1817
Links to other floras: = Asclepias connivens - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, often leaning perennial of wet pine flatwoods.
Stems: Stems stout, unbranched, hairy; leaks milky sap when bruised.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, up to 2 3/4 in. long, somewhat white-waxy and slightly hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in small terminal and upper axillary umbels, greenish-white, about 3/4 in. long and appearing more rounded than flowers of other milkweeds, with 5 strongly reflexed corolla lobes (greenish) and 5 "hoods" (greenish-white) that arch over the central structure of fused anthers and style.
Fruits: Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect, often leaning perennial of wet pine flatwoods.
stems: Stems stout, unbranched, hairy; leaks milky sap when bruised.
leaves: Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, up to 2 3/4 in. long, somewhat white-waxy and slightly hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small terminal and upper axillary umbels, greenish-white, about 3/4 in. long and appearing more rounded than flowers of other milkweeds, with 5 strongly reflexed corolla lobes (greenish) and 5 "hoods" (greenish-white) that arch over the central structure of fused anthers and style.
fruits: Fruit a follicle containing tufted seeds.
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