BLUNT-LEAF MILKWEED
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Asclepias amplexicaulis E.B. Sm.
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| Ottawa County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 8-32 inches |
| Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July |
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| Also Called: | | Sand milkweed. | | Stems: | | Erect, stout, mostly solitary, unbranched, glabrous, waxy. | | Leaves: | | Mostly opposite, simple, sessile, thick, broadly ovate or elliptic-oblong, 1.5 to 5 inches long, .75 to 3 inches wide, glabrous, waxy, pale green; bases heart-shaped, clasping; margins wavy, usually minutely pubescent; tips blunt, midribs terminating in short, abrupt points. | | Inflorescences: | | Umbels, solitary, on stout stalks 1 to 12 inches long, 18-60-flowered, terminal. | | Flowers: | | 5-parted, about .75 inch tall, on slender stalks 1 to 1.75 inch long; calyx lobes lanceolate, green to purple-tinged, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla lobes lanceolate, green or greenish purple, glabrous, curved back and downward; hoods erect to slightly spreading, oblong, pinkish to pale flesh-colored; horns incurved, longer than hoods, conspicuously protruding. | | Fruits: | | Pods, spindle-shaped, 3.5 to 6 inches long, 1/3 to 2/3 inch wide, mostly glabrous, waxy, usually erect on downward-curved stalks; seeds egg-shaped, tufted with white or tan hairs at tips. | | Habitat: | | Prairies, roadsides, and open woods, on sandy soils. | | Distribution: | | East 2/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Formerly treated as Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed Family. |
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