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not marked as a favorite taxon Asclepias michauxii Decaisne. Common name: Michaux's Milkweed. Phenology: (Mar-) Apr-Jun (-Sep); May-Aug. Habitat: Pine savannas. Distribution: Se. NC south to peninsular FL, west to e. LA. The 1961 collection documenting this species for NC was variously misdetermined until recently as A. cinerea or A. longifolia.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, K4, RAB, S, WH3, Woodson (1954). Basionym: Asclepias michauxii Decne. 1844

Links to other floras: = Asclepias michauxii - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Asclepias michauxii© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Asclepias michauxii© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Asclepias michauxii© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Asclepias michauxii© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Asclepias michauxii© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Asclepias michauxii© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Asclepias michauxii© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to reclining perennial of seeps in wet pine savannas and flatwoods and in drier, sandy uplands.

Stems: Stems unbranched, purplish, with vertical lines of hairs; leaks milky sap when bruised.

Leaves: Leaves mostly opposite, sessile, linear, 2-4 1/2 in. long, smooth or sometimes with hairy veins beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in rounded terminal umbels, greenish-white tinged with pink, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn," the horns long and pointy)--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

Fruits: Fruit a slender follicle containing tufted seeds.

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Height: 4-16 in.

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description: Erect to reclining perennial of seeps in wet pine savannas and flatwoods and in drier, sandy uplands.

stems: Stems unbranched, purplish, with vertical lines of hairs; leaks milky sap when bruised.

leaves: Leaves mostly opposite, sessile, linear, 2-4 1/2 in. long, smooth or sometimes with hairy veins beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in rounded terminal umbels, greenish-white tinged with pink, about 3/8 in. long, consisting of 5 strongly reflexed corolla lobes and a central crown--composed of 5 2-parted appendages ("hood" and "horn," the horns long and pointy)--surrounding a complex structure of fused anthers and style.

fruits: Fruit a slender follicle containing tufted seeds.

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