Asclepias variegata

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Asclepias variegata
Asclepias variegata Gil.jpg
photo by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. variegata
Binomial name
Asclepias variegata
L.
ASCL VARI dist.jpg
Natural range of Asclepias variegata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names: Redring Milkweed, White Milkweed

Synonym names: Biventraria variegata (L.) Small

Distribution

Found from Connecticut west to Ohio, south to eastern Texas, and east to Florida (Weakley 2015).

Ecology

Habitat

Found in upland forests and woodlands (Weakley 2015) and in mesic hammocks (Wunderlin and Hansen 2011).

Phenology

Flowers from May to July (Weakley 2015).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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.