PLANTS Profile for Asclepias cryptoceras (pallid milkweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson
pallid milkweed

Symbol:

ASCR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Nye Co., White River Valley. May 13, 2006. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson

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Distribution:
Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson ssp. cryptoceras. .

Asclepias cryptoceras ssp. cryptoceras
pallid milkweed

Distribution of Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson ssp. davisii (Woodson) Woodson. .

Asclepias cryptoceras ssp. davisii
Davis' milkweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Asclepias L. – milkweed
Species	Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson – pallid milkweed

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias cryptoceras S. Watson

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30257.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:20 AM CDT