Index / Search / Asclepias amplexicaulis
§1 Plant
Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.
vernacular clasping milkweed — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Asclepias
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 387 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 387 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Chatham 13051
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Forsyth 13117
- Gilmer 13123
- Gordon 13129
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- McDuffie 13189
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Paulding 13223
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Upson 13293
- Washington 13303
- White 13311
- Wilcox 13315
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Edmonson 21061
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Scott 21209
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Warren 42123
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170332 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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