Asclepias syriaca

Classification	Flowering Plants
Family	Apocynaceae
Family (Traditional)	Asclepiadaceae
Genus	Asclepias
Species	Asclepias syriaca L.
Common Name	Common milkweed
Growth Habit	Forb
Duration	Perennial
Plant Notes	**
C value	1
Status	Native, FACU (NWPL)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Not applicable or data not available.

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Asclepias cornuti	Asclepias cornuti
Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha	Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha Dore

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blackford, Boone, Brown, Cass, Clinton, Dearborn, Delaware, Elkhart, Fayette, Fountain, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hendricks, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Madison, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Noble, Ohio, Parke, Porter, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, Tipton, Vermillion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, White

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BUT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1922 - 2004

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
64594	Clinton	04 Jul 1942	Charles M. Ek	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
64674	Tipton	14 Jul 1942	Charles M. Ek	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
53909	Cass	23 Jul 1940	Charles M. Ek	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
52712	Cass	23 Jul 1940	Charles M. Ek	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
42331	Miami	09 Aug 1936	Charles M. Ek	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
153287	Warren	26 Jun 1991	Gayle Tonkovich 131	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
92584	Montgomery	09 Jul 1950	Jack McCormick 229	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
92494	Parke	15 Jul 1950	Jack McCormick 369a	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
92591	Parke	15 Jul 1950	Jack McCormick 369b	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
92437	Fountain	21 Jul 1950	Jack McCormick 434	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
16078	Montgomery	28 Sep 1939	John Hanna	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
8136	Marion	04 Jul 1931	M. A. Swift 70	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
92943	Porter	25 Jun 1922	Marcus W. Lyon, Jr.	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
103814	Madison	13 Jul 1992	P. E. Rothrock 2594	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
151299	Parke	15 Jul 2004	R. K. Scott 418	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
12390	Montgomery	31 Oct 1928	R. S. Thompson	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
152763	Marion	11 Jul 1996	Raelene M. Crandall 114	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
61338	Hendricks	13 Jun 1942	Ray C. Friesner 16827	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
55549	Wabash	14 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15331	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
42089	Ohio	18 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12070	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
43896	Ohio	18 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12087	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
73777	Vermillion	23 Jun 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19151	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
41298	Ripley	25 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12362	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
38929	Grant	26 Jun 1937	Ray C. Friesner 10806	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
67584	Madison	26 Jun 1943	Ray C. Friesner 17780	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
84716	Greene	26 Jun 1948	Ray C. Friesner 22140	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
54698	Miami	28 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15444	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
53693	Fulton	28 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15519	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
50573	White	29 Jun 1940	Ray C. Friesner 14497	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
46989	Fulton	01 Jul 1939	Ray C. Friesner 13633	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
70776	Fayette	01 Jul 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18218	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
10744	Marion	02 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4293	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
10752	Marion	02 Jul 1932	Ray C. Friesner 4293	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
5251	Marion	04 Jul 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
54995	Elkhart	05 Jul 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15561	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
54605	LaGrange	05 Jul 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15624	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
51650	White	06 Jul 1940	Ray C. Friesner 14502	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
50989	Pulaski	06 Jul 1940	Ray C. Friesner 14544	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
70775	Delaware	08 Jul 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18323	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
44140	Dearborn	09 Jul 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12520	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
85973	Warren	09 Jul 1949	Ray C. Friesner 22850	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
62737	Marion	11 Jul 1942	Ray C. Friesner 16943	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
51181	Jasper	13 Jul 1940	Ray C. Friesner 14575	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
13460	Hamilton	15 Jul 1933	Ray C. Friesner 6048	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
41376	Noble	16 Jul 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12603	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
41727	Kosciusko	16 Jul 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12666	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
67668	Putnam	17 Jul 1943	Ray C. Friesner 17827	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
61824	Boone	18 Jul 1942	Ray C. Friesner 16998	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
5039	Brown	19 Jul 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
74134	Blackford	21 Jul 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19353	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
70777	Randolph	22 Jul 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18401	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
94834	Switzerland	22 Jul 1950	Ray C. Friesner 23652	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
74394	Vermillion	28 Jul 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19399	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
72878	Washington	04 Sep 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19663	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
51367	White	21 Sep 1940	Ray C. Friesner 14896	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
68054	Rush	25 Sep 1943	Ray C. Friesner 18071	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.
73316	Clinton	06 Oct 1945	Ray C. Friesner 20013	BUT Asclepias syriaca L.

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