Asclepias humistrata
Common name: Pinewoods Milkweed; Sandhill Milkweed
| Asclepias humistrata | |
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| Asclepias humistrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Dicots |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Asclepias |
| Species: | A. humistrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Asclepias humistrata Walter | |
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| Natural range of Asclepias humistrata from USDA NRCS [1]. | |
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, A. humistrata can occur in scrub oak sand ridges, longleaf pine-scrub oak ridges, pine-palmetto thickets, turkey oak scrubs, low sand dunes, and mixed pine hardwood associations. It can occur in disturbed areas such as sandy fallow fields and roadsides (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Coreopsis basalis, Hymenopappus scabiosaeus, Liatris, Panicum, Leptoloma cognatum, Q. laevis, Q. incana, Q. geminata, Aristida stricta, Vaccinium stamineum, V. myrsinites and Licania michauxii (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loamy sand and coarse sand (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers March through October and fruits April through October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
It has been observed growing in burned over, longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium).
