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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Dicots

Family Name: Asclepiadaceae

Species Name
 
Asclepias -  Maps/Photos
  1. Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.   
     Common Name: clasping milkweed
  2. Asclepias exaltata L.   
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: poke milkweed
  3. Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woods.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: green milkweed
     Synonymns:
      Acerates hirtella Pennell
  4. Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata    
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: swamp milkweed
  5. Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra    
     Common Name: swamp milkweed
     Synonymns:
      Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd.
  6. Asclepias perennis Walt.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: aquatic milkweed
  7. Asclepias purpurascens L. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: purple milkweed
  8. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.   
     Common Name: fourleaf milkweed
  9. Asclepias syriaca L.   
     Common Name: common milkweed
  10. Asclepias tuberosa L.   
     Common Name: butterfly milkweed
  11. Asclepias variegata L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: redring milkweed
  12. Asclepias verticillata L.   
     Common Name: whorled milkweed
  13. Asclepias viridiflora Raf.   
     Common Name: green comet milkweed
     Synonymns:
      Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eat.
  14. Asclepias viridis Walt.   
     Common Name: green antelopehorn
     Synonymns:
      Asclepiodora viridis (Walt.) Gray
 
Cynanchum -  Maps/Photos
  15. Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: honeyvine
     Synonymns:
      Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britt.
 
Matelea -  Maps/Photos
  16. Matelea carolinensis (Jacq.) Woods.   
     Common Name: maroon Carolina milkvine
     Synonymns:
      Gonolobus carolinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex J.A. Schultes, non Nutt.
  17. Matelea gonocarpos (Walt.) Shinners   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: angularfruit milkvine
     Synonymns:
      Gonolobus gonocarpos (Walt.) Perry
  18. Matelea obliqua (Jacq.) Woods.   
     Common Name: climbing milkvine
     Synonymns:
      Gonolobus shortii Gray
      Gonolobus obliquus (Jacq.) R. Br. ex J.A. Schultes
 
Periploca -  Maps/Photos
  19. Periploca graeca L.*   
     Common Name: silkvine

 

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