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Asclepias verticillata L.
Whorled milkweed

Asclepias verticillata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Widespread in North America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images and click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below for more images.

Other data on Asclepias verticillata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Asclepias verticillata has been found in the following 17 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Cayo Costa State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Ludlam Pineland Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition Present Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve Present Native
Pine Shore Preserve Present Native
Prairie Pines Preserve Present Native
Savannas Preserve State Park Present Native

Asclepias verticillata has been found in the following 6 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Palm Beach County Native

Asclepias verticillata has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Mesic Flatwoods
Pine Rockland
Wet Flatwoods

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Asclepias verticillata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Asclepias verticillata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley