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Common names: Curtiss' milkweed
 
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Synonym names:  Oxypteryx curtissii (A. Gray) Small  
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Synonym names:  ''Oxypteryx curtissii'' (A. Gray) Small
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 13:21, 6 July 2015

Asclepias curtissii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. curtissii
Binomial name
Asclepias curtissii
A. Gray
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Natural range of Asclepias curtissii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names: Curtiss' milkweed

Synonym names: Oxypteryx curtissii (A. Gray) Small

Distribution

Found in central and southern peninsula of Florida (Wunderlin and Hansen 2011).

Ecology

Habitat

Found in the scrub habitats (Weakley 2015 and Wunderlin and Hansen 2011).

Phenology

Flowers from spring to summer (Wunderlin and Hansen 2011).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Asclepias curtissii:

Halictidae Lasioglossum nymphalis

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 931.

Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Third edition. 2011. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 270. Print.