. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. MILKWEED FAMILY. 29 13. Asclepias exaltata (L.) Muhl. Poke or Tall Milkweed. Fig. 3395. A. Syriaca var. exaltata L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 313. 1762. Asclepias exaltata Muhl. Cat. 28. 1813. A. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 180. 1814. Nearly glabrous throughout, with two opposite lines of pubescence on the usually simple stem, 3°-6° high. Leaves opposite
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. MILKWEED FAMILY. 29 13. Asclepias exaltata (L.) Muhl. Poke or Tall Milkweed. Fig. 3395. A. Syriaca var. exaltata L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 313. 1762. Asclepias exaltata Muhl. Cat. 28. 1813. A. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 180. 1814. Nearly glabrous throughout, with two opposite lines of pubescence on the usually simple stem, 3°-6° high. Leaves opposite, thin or membranous, oval, ovate or oblong, acuminate at both ends, 4'-o/ long, ii'-4' wide, the lower sometimes obovate, obtuse, shorter; petioles i'-i' long; peduncles 1/-3' long; umbels usually several; pedicels slender, drooping or spreading, 1-2' long, puberulent; corolla green- purple, the segments ovate or oblong, obtusish, 3"-4" long; column short; hoods white or pink, slightly shorter than the anthers, much shorter than the subulate horn, at the summit truncate and entire or erose, with 1 or 2 slender teeth on each of the inner margins; follicles erect on the deflexed pedi- cels, downy, long-acuminate, 4'-6' long. I'll thickets and woods, Maine to Minnesota, Georgia, Missouri and Arkansas. Ascends to 5500 ft. in North Carolina. 14. Asclepias variegata L. White Milk-weed. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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