Asclepias exaltata L.

Poke milkweed (en), Asclépiade de Syrie (fr), Asclépiade de Cornut (fr), Herbe à la ouate (fr), Herbe aux perruches (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias

Characteristics

Stems 8–15 dm, glabrous or puberulent in narrow lines; lvs thin, broadly elliptic, 1–2 dm, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, or puberulent beneath; petioles 1–2 cm; umbels loosely few-fld, the slender pedicels spreading or often drooping; cor white to pale dull purple, the lobes 7–10 mm; hoods white or pink, 4 mm, about equaling the gynostegium, the lateral margins adjacent, each terminating in an erect tooth 1–1.5 mm, the rest of the hood truncate; horns subulate, suberect, conspicuously exsert; fr erect on deflexed pedicels, puberulent, 12–15 cm. Moist upland woods; s. Me. to Va. and in the mts. to Ga., w. to Minn., e. Io., Ill., and Tenn. June, July. (A. phytolaccoides)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Depurative (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Poison(Veterinary) (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Asclepias exaltata leaf picture by nicole sikler (cc-by-sa)
Asclepias exaltata leaf picture by Chase Hammack (cc-by-sa)
Asclepias exaltata leaf picture by Chase Hammack (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Asclepias exaltata flower picture by Tom Jones (cc-by-sa)
Asclepias exaltata flower picture by Serena boettcher (cc-by-sa)
Asclepias exaltata flower picture by Ryan Heaney (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Asclepias exaltata world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Conservation status

Asclepias exaltata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94266-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551310
COL ID H6DB
BDTFX ID 7193
INPN ID 84243
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Asclepias bicknellii Asclepias phytolaccoides Asclepias nivea Asclepias syriaca var. exaltata Asclepias exaltata