Swamp Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 08/23/2023
Photo from 08/23/2016. Location: St. Clair County, IL.
More photos / info at the Asclepias incarnata detail page.
Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
Whorled Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 08/10/2023
Photo from 08/16/2009. Location: Gordon County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Asclepias verticillata detail page.
Whorled Milkweed – Asclepias verticillata
White Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 06/05/2023
Photo from 05/29/2010. Location: Lula Lake, Walker County, GA.
More photos / info at the Asclepias variegata detail page.
White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed – Asclepias variegata
Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 05/15/2023
Photo from 05/12/2014. Location: Chickamauga Battlefield, Catoosa County, GA.
More photos / info at the Asclepias viridis detail page.
Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Asclepias viridis
Common Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 07/04/2018
Photo from 07/02/2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Asclepias syriaca detail page.
Common Milkweed, Silkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Swamp Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/26/2016.) Scientific name is Asclepias incarnata. Photo below was taken in St Clair County, IL on Aug 23, 2016. Go to the Swamp Milkweed detail page for more information and photos.
Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
Fourleaf Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 07/06/2017
Photo from 05/13/2008. Location: The Pocket, Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Asclepias quadrifolia detail page.
Fourleaf Milkweed – Asclepias quadrifolia
Butterfly Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 06/23/2016
Photo from 06/27/2010. Location: Walker County, GA. More photos / info at the
Asclepias tuberosa detail page.
Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa
Antelope-Horn Milkweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (5/13/2014.) Scientific name is Asclepias viridis. Photo below was taken in a Chickamauga Battlefield, Catoosa County, Ga on May 12, 2014. Go to the Antelope-Horn Milkweed detail page for more photos and information.
Antelope-Horn Milkweed – Asclepias viridis
Based on classification listed in ITIS and as now specified in Weakley’s Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States (2012), where Asclepiadaceae has been combined into Apocynaceae, I have changed the family classification of the Asclepias species included on USWildflowers.com accordingly: