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§1 Plant
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A. Gray
vernacular Mead's 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
· 33 counties across 7 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 33 counties across 7 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASME ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170259 ↗Record version
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