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'''Asclepias connivens''' is a species of [[Asclepias|milkweed]] commonly called the largeflower milkweed. It an [[Photoperiodism|obligate]] [[wetland]] species, native to the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida). The plant dies back to the ground in winter.<ref>http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/02/largeflower-milkweed-asclepias.html</ref> It was identified in 1817.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2634 |title = Asclepias connivens - Species Details}}</ref> The plant produces 3/4 inch flowers and 5-7 inch seed bearing follicles from mature fruit.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASCO19 | title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin}}</ref> The flowers are light green in color
'''Asclepias connivens''' is a species of [[Asclepias|milkweed]] commonly called the '''largeflower milkweed'''. It is an [[Photoperiodism|obligate]] [[wetland]] species, native to the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida). The plant dies back to the ground in winter.<ref>http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/02/largeflower-milkweed-asclepias.html</ref> It was identified in 1817.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2634 |title = Asclepias connivens - Species Details}}</ref> The plant produces 3/4 inch flowers and 5-7 inch seed bearing follicles from mature fruit.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASCO19 | title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin}}</ref> The flowers are light green in color


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Asclepias connivens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species:
A. connivens
Binomial name
Asclepias connivens

Asclepias connivens is a species of milkweed commonly called the largeflower milkweed. It is an obligate wetland species, native to the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida). The plant dies back to the ground in winter.[1] It was identified in 1817.[2] The plant produces 3/4 inch flowers and 5-7 inch seed bearing follicles from mature fruit.[3] The flowers are light green in color

References

  1. ^ http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/02/largeflower-milkweed-asclepias.html
  2. ^ "Asclepias connivens - Species Details".
  3. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin".

External links

  • Kartesz, J.T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland (2nd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press.