Asclepias rubra

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Family:APOCYNACEAE
Species:Asclepias rubra L.
Common Name:Red Milkweed
Habitat:Bogs and wet pine savannahs.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:ASRU
Plant Notes:Red Milkweed is a native perennial in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It can be found in central and southern Alabama. Red Milkweed grows in pitcher plant bogs, in seeps, in wet pine savannahs, and along acidic streams. It is a perennial from a tap root. Stems are from 1-3 feet in height. The stems are glabrous or pubescent in lines. Leaves are opposite, sessile, lanceolate in outline, and hispid along the margins. Flowers are produced in a terminal umbel. Despite its common name the flowers are lavender to pinkish in color. The fruit is a follicle. All parts of the plant exude a milky white latex sap when injured. Red Milkweed is a S1 species in Alabama (typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state). Red Milkweed plants or seed are available from many native nurseries. It is a larval host for the Monarch Butterfly. Red Milkweed requires a moist or wet, acidic soil and full sun. It can be grown in a bog garden.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI), S1 (State Rank), G4G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyAPOCYNACEAE - Dogbane family
Genus Asclepias
Species Asclepias rubra L. - Red Milkweed

Citation

Citation Asclepias rubra Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 217. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Type not designated.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Asclepias acuminata Asclepias acuminata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 182. 1814, nom. illegit.Asclepias cordata Walter 1788. 
Asclepias cordata Asclepias cordata Walter, Fl. Carol. 105. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA
Asclepias laurifolia Asclepias laurifolia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 117. 1803. GEORGIA
Asclepias periplocaefolia Asclepias periplocaefolia Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 167. 1818, nom. illegit.Asclepias laurifolia Michaux 1803. 
Asclepias rubra var. laurifolia Asclepias rubra Linnaeus, var. laurifolia (Michaux) R. M. Harper, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 339. 1903.Asclepias laurifolia Michaux 1803. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Chilton, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, BRIT, TROY, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000030131 Covington 23 May 1979 Johnson, Kenneth G.
 AUA
Asclepias Rubra L.
AUA000030130 Autauga 21 Jul 2006 Schotz, Alfred
2029		 AUA
Asclepias Rubra L.
BRIT71465 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35797		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
UWAL0030825 Mobile 09 Jun 1996 Kral, Robert
86009		 UWAL
Asclepias rubra L.
USAM000001579 Mobile 12 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11276		 USAM
Asclepias laurifolia Michaux
UWAL0000414 Baldwin 21 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67853		 UWAL
Asclepias rubra L.
ALNHS00001604 Baldwin 24 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-710		 ALNHS
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71467 Baldwin 21 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67853		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
USAM000001606 Mobile 10 Jun 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10295		 USAM
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
BRIT71493 Chilton 24 Aug 1978 Kral, Robert
62559		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
USAM000001604 Baldwin 22 Sep 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11568		 USAM
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
BRIT71479 Chilton 19 Jul 1979 Kral, Robert
64052		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71490 Mobile 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39593		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71478 Autauga 11 Aug 1975 Kral, Robert
56376		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
USAM000001603 Baldwin 22 Sep 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11568		 USAM
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
BRIT71489 Mobile 17 Jul 1970 Kral, Robert
40142		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71488 Washington 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39588		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71491 Mobile 09 Jun 1996 Kral, Robert
86009		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
USAM000001578 Mobile 12 Aug 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11276		 USAM
Asclepias laurifolia Michaux
TROY000043827 Escambia 02 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27453		 TROY
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
USAM000001605 Baldwin 22 Sep 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11568		 USAM
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
BRIT71468 Autauga 20 Jun 1992 Kral, Robert
80950		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71492 Escambia 04 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
47220		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
BRIT71477 Chilton 11 Aug 1975 Kral, Robert
56376		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
TROY000014467 Baldwin 21 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67853		 TROY
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
USAM000001602 Baldwin 20 Jul 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8032		 USAM
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
UWAL0033086 Escambia 02 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27453		 UWAL
Asclepias rubra Linnaeus
BRIT71466 Baldwin 08 Jun 1971 Kral, Robert
43078		 BRIT
Asclepias rubra L.
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