Index / Search / Asclepias quadrifolia
§1 Plant
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.
vernacular fourleaf 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 436 counties across 21 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 436 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Knox 17095
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Switzerland 18155
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Nelson 21179
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Clay 37043
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASQU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170257 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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