Index / Search / Asclepias purpurascens
§1 Plant
Asclepias purpurascens L.
vernacular purple milkweed — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Asclepias
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 173 counties across 17 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 173 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170271 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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