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Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann
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Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLY WEED
PLEURISY-ROOT
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
Florida native
Common plant of sandhills and flatwoods in most Florida counties and throughout all but the most northwest of the continental United States.
A. tuberosa has alternate leaves on a hairly stem with terminal and axillary clusters of orange-red flowers.
Asclepias tuberosa is a member of the Apocynaceae - Dogbane family.
Other species of the Asclepias genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
View Asclepias michauxii - MICHAUX'S MILKWEED
View Asclepias verticillata - WHORLED MILKWEED
View Asclepias pedicellata - SAVANNAH MILKWEED
View Asclepias curtissii - CURTISS' MILKWEED
View Asclepias viridiflora - GREEN MILKWEED
View Asclepias lanceolata - FEWFLOWER MILKWEED
View Asclepias perennis - SWAMP MILKWEED
View Asclepias cinerea - CAROLINA MILKWEED
View Asclepias curassavica - SCARLET MILKWEED
View Asclepias humistrata - PINEWOODS MILKWEED
View Asclepias longifolia - LONGLEAF MILKWEED
View Asclepias tomentosa - VELVETLEAF MILKWEED