Asclepias cinerea Walter. Common name: Ashy Milkweed, "Carolina Milkweed". Phenology: Late May-Sep (-Nov); Jun-Sep (-Dec). Habitat: Pine savannas. Distribution: E. SC south to n. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se. AL. Previous report of this species for NC and ne. SC was based on a misdetermined specimen of A. michauxii.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, K4, RAB, S, WH3, Woodson (1954). Basionym: Asclepias cinerea Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Asclepias cinerea - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending perennial found in dry pine savannas and sandy uplands.
Stems: Stems slender, unbranched, smooth; leaks milky sap when bruised.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, essentially sessile, linear, to 4 in. long, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers on long, slender, nodding stalks in a loose terminal umbel; pink to lavender, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, lavender corolla lobes and a pink central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--which surrounds a complex structure of fused anthers and style.
Fruits: Fruit an erect, slender, spindle-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.
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Height: 12-28 in.
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description: Erect to ascending perennial found in dry pine savannas and sandy uplands.
stems: Stems slender, unbranched, smooth; leaks milky sap when bruised.
leaves: Leaves opposite, essentially sessile, linear, to 4 in. long, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on long, slender, nodding stalks in a loose terminal umbel; pink to lavender, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed, lavender corolla lobes and a pink central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn")--which surrounds a complex structure of fused anthers and style.
fruits: Fruit an erect, slender, spindle-shaped follicle containing tufted seeds.
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