Asclepias tuberosa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Asclepias tuberosa L.

Butterfly milkweed

2009 Barry Breckling

2003 Jeff Abbas

2003 Lisa Powers

2006 Louis-M. Landry

Asclepias tuberosa is a shrub that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~3 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. interior
Genus:	Asclepias
Family:	Apocynaceae (Asclepiadaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Information about Asclepias tuberosa from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (ASTU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/16/2024).