Asclepias amplexicaulis

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Clasping Milkweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. amplexicaulis
Binomial name
Asclepias amplexicaulis
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Asclepias amplexicaulis (Blunt-leaved Milkweed [1], Clasping Milkweed [2]) is a species of milkweed, which is cited as a wildflower native to the United States [3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Asclepias amplexicaulis at Connecticut Botanical Society
  2. ^ Asclepias amplexicaulis at USDA PLANTS Database
  3. ^ Asclepias amplexicaulis at Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas