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Common Milkweed

Flowering Plants

Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort or Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed genus Asclepias. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies, and it grows in sandy soils as well as other kinds of soils in sunny areas.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Clonal perennial forb that produces white latex when cut, typically 3 to 5 feet tall 1
Scientific Name
Asclepias syriaca 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Common Milkweed

In Biome

Chaparral, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
Grassland, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
Riparian Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
Wetlands, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
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Found In

Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bulgaria

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Canada

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Hungary

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Italy

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Netherlands

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North America

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Poland

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Romania

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Uzbekistan

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Sources
1. Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Description
    All parts of the plants produce a white latex when cut.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 285524
    Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 285524
    Milkweed has also been cultivated commercially to be used as insulation in winter coats.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Asclepias syriaca
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G5"
  • In Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparral
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Shrubland/chaparral"
  • In Biome: Grassland, Species characteristics: Grassland/herbaceous
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Grassland/herbaceous"
  • In Biome: Wetlands, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
  • In Biome: Riparian Zone, Species characteristics: Riparian
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Riparian"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Gentianales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12395
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12395
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Gentianales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Common Milkweed
  • Wikidata Q158295, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Apocynaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12501
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12501
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Gentianales","family":"Apocynaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Elephant trunks, hoodias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Apocináceas, hoodias","language":"ES"},{"name":"Pachypodes, hoodias","language":"FR"},{"name":"夹竹桃科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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