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Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)

  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Jim Pisarowicz | http://www.nps.gov/w... | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Jim Pisarowicz | http://www.nps.gov/w... | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture. | License: GFDL-1.2
  • Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-milkweed-asclepias-purpurascens
    Credit: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) | Own Picture | License: GFDL-1.2
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Asclepias Purpurascens, or more commonly know as Purple Milkweed, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Asclepias. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Asclepias Purpurascens or Purple Milkweed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 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 and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Asclepias
  • Family: Asclepiadaceae
  • Order: Gentianales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • State T/E Status: CT (SC) MA (E) RI (H) TN (SC) WI (E)
  • State T/E Common Name: CT (purple milkweed) MA (purple milkweed) RI (purple milkweed) TN (purple milkweed) WI (purple milkweed)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACU+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU) 2(FACU) 3(FACU) 5(FACU) 6(FACU+)





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