Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias > Asclepias exaltataAsclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)Synonyms: Asclepias bicknellii; Asclepias nivea (heterotypic); Asclepias phytolaccoides (homotypic); Asclepias syriaca var. exaltata Language: French Asclepias exaltata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae known by the common names poke milkweed and tall milkweed. It is native to eastern North America. It blooms from late spring to early summer. The flowers are green and white. Poke milkweed is found in moist woodland habitats. It grows in moist soil and sunny or partly shaded places. It grows from 0.6 to 1.5 meters tall (2–5 feet). |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Structure [2] | Herb |
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Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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