Asclepias lanceolata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:APOCYNACEAE
Species:Asclepias lanceolata Walter
Common Name:Lanceolate Milkweed; Few Flower Milkweed
Habitat:Bogs, wet savannahs, and wet roadside ditches.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:ASLA2
Plant Notes:Lanceolate Milkweed is a native herbaceous perennial in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It can be found in central and southern Alabama. Lanceolate 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 2-5 feet in height. The stems are glabrous and green or reddish in color. Leaves are opposite, sessile, lanceolate in outline, and glabrous. Flowers are produced in a 1-3 terminal umbels. Each umbel contains less than 10 orange-red flowers. Another common name for this species is Few-flowered Milkweed. The fruit is a follicle. All parts of the plant exude a milky white latex sap when injured, and contain cardiac glycosides and resinoids which can be toxic if eaten. Lanceolate Milkweed plants or seed are sometimes available from native nurseries. It is a larval host plant for Monarch (Danaus plexippus), and Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies. Lanceolate Milkweed requires a moist or wet, acidic soil and full sun to partial shade. It can be grown in a bog garden.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyAPOCYNACEAE - Dogbane family
Genus Asclepias
Species Asclepias lanceolata Walter - Lanceolate Milkweed; Few Flower Milkweed

Citation

Citation Asclepias lanceolata Walter, Fl. Carol. 105. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: 4 mi. SW of Andrews, 27 Jun 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 154 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, DUKE, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1097. 2007.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Asclepias lanceolata var. paupercula Asclepias lanceolata Walter, var. paupercula (Michaux) Fernald, Rhodora 37: 438. 1935.Asclepias paupercula Michaux 1803. 
Asclepias paupercula Asclepias paupercula Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 118. 1803. Asclepias paupercula Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 118. 1803.
Asclepias serpentaria Asclepias serpentaria Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 52. 1817. LOUISIANA

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, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000030034 Geneva 25 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6931		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030032 Covington 24 May 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
JSU111080 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39587		 JSU
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71565 Washington 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39587		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71557 Geneva 07 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35105		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
AUA000030030 Baldwin 27 Jul 1969 Ellis, H.C.
095		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71559 Geneva 17 Jul 1992 Kral, Robert
81172		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00068692 Washington 29 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4538		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71551 Baldwin 24 May 1980 Davenport, L.J.
1903		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
USAM000001577 Mobile 19 Jun 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12093		 USAM
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
JSU111399 Mobile 31 May 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10256		 JSU
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71560 Houston 08 Jun 1996 MacDonald, John R.
9547		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00038395 Mobile 30 May 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D86		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
AMAL00015351 Baldwin 18 Jun 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-418		 AMAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
ALNHS00005499 Baldwin 14 JUN 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3911		 ALNHS
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
UNA00038387 Baldwin 06 Jun 1958 Edwards, Jackie
4		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
JSU111398 Escambia 17 Jun 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4142		 JSU
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71563 Mobile 15 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35632		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00038391 Mobile 27 Jul 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
AMAL00015497 Baldwin 18 Jun 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-433		 AMAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
USAM000001575 Mobile 10 Jun 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11120		 USAM
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71553 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 Hayes, J.L.
124		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
TROY000014197 Washington 29 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4538		 TROY
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
AMAL00014387 Washington 29 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4538		 AMAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71555 Covington 17 Aug 1978 Kral, Robert
32505		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00038389 Washington 03 Jul 1895 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030029 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
511-69		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030033 Covington 3 Jun 1952 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
JSU111400 Mobile 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39592		 JSU
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71562 Mobile 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39592		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
USAM000001574 Baldwin 27 Jun 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11218		 USAM
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71561 Houston 08 Jun 1968 Kral, Robert
31325		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UWAL0052331 Baldwin 11 Jun 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10179		 UWAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71556 Covington 19 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87664		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
USAM000001573 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35197		 USAM
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
AUA000030027 Autauga 4 Aug 1969 Owens, James R.
092		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
UWAL0042863 Baldwin 23 Jun 1993 Walker, M.M.
164		 UWAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71558 Geneva 09 May 1967 McDaniel, Sidney
8922		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00067982 Baldwin 24 Oct 2007 Steakley, Cherie Bryant
1372		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
UWAL0032549 Washington 25 May 2014 England, J. Kevin
4883		 UWAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
ALNHS00000014 Mobile 31 May 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10256		 ALNHS
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030028 Baldwin 10 Jul 1977 Ahrens, W.H.
137		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030031 Baldwin 27 Jul 1968 Willis, Robert L.
 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71554 Covington 18 May 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10600		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00038388 Baldwin 07 Aug 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7523		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
AUA000030035 Washington 24 May 1970 Blankenchip, B.P.
145		 AUA
Asclepias Lanceolata Walt.
AMAL00023747 Washington 12 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
1856		 AMAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
ALNHS00007426 Escambia 23 JUL 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4781		 ALNHS
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
ALNHS00002870 Washington 10 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1406		 ALNHS
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
USAM000001576 Mobile 29 May 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11081		 USAM
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
BRIT71552 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35197		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
UNA00038390 Mobile 03 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39592		 UNA
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
UWAL0000410 Washington 29 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4538		 UWAL
Asclepias lanceolata Walt.
BRIT71564 Washington 21 May 1975 Kral, Robert
55675		 BRIT
Asclepias lanceolata Walter
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