Asclepias syriaca

Characteristics
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
Asclepias syriaca L.
common milkweed
Successional fields, occasionally clearings in forests, roadsides, and disturbed ground.
Forb/herb
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FACU (NWPL EMP) UPL (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Gentianales
Asclepias
Asclepias syriaca L. - common milkweed
Citation
Asclepias syriaca L.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Orange, NY: 28 June 2005 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Orange, NY: 28 June 2005 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Ulster, NY: 30 September 2003 -
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Photo By: Steve Young. Photo taken: Suffolk, NY: 29 June 2021 -
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 23 Jun 1995 - 1
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Photo by: Sara R. Stebbins - Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering & Environmental Services, D.P.C. (EDR). Photo taken: Essex Co., NY: 12 Oct 2017 -
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