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#NPOD: White Milkweed #Nativeplants

White Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 06/05/2024
Photo from 05/29/2010. Location: Lula Lake, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Asclepias variegata detail page.

White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed - Asclepias variegata

White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed – Asclepias variegata

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Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata – Added to USWildflowers’ Database

Swamp Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/26/2016.) Scientific name is Asclepias incarnata.  Photo below was taken in St Clair County, IL on Aug 23, 2016. Go to the Swamp Milkweed detail page for more information and photos.

Swamp Milkweed, Western Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed, Eastern Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata

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Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Asclepias viridis – Added to USWildflowers’ Database

Antelope-Horn Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/13/2014.)  Scientific name is Asclepias viridis. Photo below was taken in a Chickamauga Battlefield, Catoosa County, Ga on May 12, 2014. Go to the Antelope-Horn Milkweed detail page for more photos and information.

Antelope-Horn Milkweed, Green Antelopehorn, Spider Milkweed, Green Milkweed - Asclepias viridis

Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Asclepias viridis

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Asclepias (Milkweed) moved from Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family) to Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)

Based on classification listed in ITIS and as now specified in Weakley’s Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States (2012), where Asclepiadaceae has been combined into Apocynaceae, I have changed the family classification of the Asclepias species included on USWildflowers.com accordingly: