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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Asclepias purpurascens
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

purple milkweed

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Asclepias purpurascens

Plant family

Dogbane (Apocynaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Growing 2-3 feet tall and blooming with tightly clustered groups of small deep purple flowers.
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OBSERVERS
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OBSERVATIONS
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Identification hints

Stems and leaves of milkweeds exude a milky sap when broken. Purple Milkweed looks similar to common milkweed but flowers are more deep purple and leaves more pointed.
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The name Asclepias honors the Greek god Asklepios, the god of medicine
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Wisconsin , West Virginia
HABITAT
Oak savannas and woodlands, edges of prairies near woodlands, open woods.
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
Leaves opposite each other on the stem, 6"x3", sometimes curling upwards on the margins. Lower surface of the leaf slightly hairy.
Flowers
Many-flowered umbels about 2"-3" across that become darker purple as they mature.
Fruits
Seed pods are smooth instead of warty like the common milkweed pods.
Bloom Time
May-July

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