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 102nd meridian . 7. Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. Hairy ]\Iilk-weed. Fig. 3389. Asclepias pulchra Ehrh.; Willd. Sp. PI. i: 1267. , incarnata var, pulchra Pers. Syn, i; 276. 1805. Similar to the preceding species and perhaps hy-bridizing with it where the two grow together;stem stout, tomentose-pubescent, usually branched,2°-32° high, leafy to the top. Leaves broadly lan-ceolate, acute, acumina
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 102nd meridian . 7. Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. Hairy ]\Iilk-weed. Fig. 3389. Asclepias pulchra Ehrh.; Willd. Sp. PI. i: 1267. , incarnata var, pulchra Pers. Syn, i; 276. 1805. Similar to the preceding species and perhaps hy-bridizing with it where the two grow together;stem stout, tomentose-pubescent, usually branched,2°-32° high, leafy to the top. Leaves broadly lan-ceolate, acute, acuminate or some of them obtusishat the apex, subcordate, rounded, or the upper nar-rowed at the base, puberulent or glabrous above,pubescent, at least on the veins beneath, 3-5 long,i-2 wide; petioles usually stout and short; flowerssimilar to those of A. incarnata, but the corollacommonly lighter red or pink, rarely white; pedun-cles and pedicels tomentose; fruiting pedicels erector incurved; follicles erect, densely pubescent, 2-^long. In moist fields and swamps, Nova Scotia to Minne-sota, south to Georgia. White Indian-hemp. July-Sept. 8. Asclepias Sullivantii Engelm. SuUi-vants Alilkweed. Fig. 3390. A. Sullivant
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