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Photo Guide : Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed) |
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![leaf](../../grafx/milkweed/purpur2t.jpg)
Leaf
(10 K) |
![flowers](../../grafx/milkweed/purpur3t.jpg)
Flower
(19 K) |
![flowers](../../grafx/milkweed/purpur4t.jpg)
Flower
(15 K) |
- Perennial herb from a slender to stout rhizome
- 5-10 dm tall
- Leaves opposite, 8-23 cm long, 4-10 cm wide
- Flowers: deep purplish-red
- Habitat: Sandy or rocky calcareous soils of open deciduous woodlands
- Distribution: Great Plains except IA, MO, e edge KS (also Wallace Co.), e edge OK; (CT & NC w to Great Plains, s to AR)
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Text taken from:
Great Plains Association, 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas. |
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