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Asclepias perennis Walter
Swamp Milkweed
Aquatic Milkweed
Florida native
A frequent milkweed of marshes, cypress swamps and floodplain forests in north and central Florida. The range extends throughout the southeastern coastal states from Texas to South Carolina, plus Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois & Indiana.
Flowers are in umbels, white, and typical of milkweeds with five reflexed corolla lobes. Leaves are opposite, or nearly opposite, on thin petioles, smooth and elliptic to lanceolate.
Asclepias perennis is a member of the Apocynaceae - Dogbane family.
Other species of the Asclepias genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Asclepias cinerea - CAROLINA MILKWEED
Asclepias curassavica - TROPICAL MILKWEED
Asclepias curtissii - CURTISS' MILKWEED
Asclepias humistrata - PINEWOODS MILKWEED
Asclepias lanceolata - FEWFLOWER MILKWEED
Asclepias longifolia - LONGLEAF MILKWEED
Asclepias michauxii - MICHAUX'S MILKWEED
Asclepias pedicellata - SAVANNAH MILKWEED
Asclepias tomentosa - VELVETLEAF MILKWEED
Asclepias tuberosa - BUTTERFLY WEED
Asclepias verticillata - WHORLED MILKWEED
Asclepias viridiflora - GREEN MILKWEED
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Oct 19, 2023
