| Accepted name: |
Asclepias tuberosa L. var. interior (Woodson) Shinners |
| Synonym(s): |
-Asclepias nuttalliana Torr.
-Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt.
-Asclepias tuberosa L. ssp. interior Woodson
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| English names: |
Butterfly-weed
Orange Milkweed
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| French names: |
Asclépiade tubéreuse
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HASCTUI
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Used for breast, stomach and intestinal pains. Seeds boiled in "new milk" and used for diarrhea. Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy. Used as an expectorant and taken for pleurisy and lung inflammations(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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