. 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, 19. Asclepias ovalifolia Dec. Oval-leaved or Dwarf Milkweed. Fig. 3401. Asclepias ovalifolia Dec. in DC. Prodr. 8 : 567. 1844. Finely tomentose all over; stem simple, usually slender, erect, io'-2° high. Leaves oval, ovate, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, 2-3' lo
. 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, 19. Asclepias ovalifolia Dec. Oval-leaved or Dwarf Milkweed. Fig. 3401. Asclepias ovalifolia Dec. in DC. Prodr. 8 : 567. 1844. Finely tomentose all over; stem simple, usually slender, erect, io'-2° high. Leaves oval, ovate, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, 2-3' long, i'-ii' wide, short-petioled, the upper surfaces becoming glabrate at maturity; umbels solitary or few, several-many-flowered; peduncles short; corolla greenish-white or pur- plish, its segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2"s" long; column very short; hoods oval-oblong, yel- lowish, nearly twice as long as the anthers, bear- ing a large acute tooth on each of the inner mar- gins ; horn subulate, incurved over the stigma; follicles ascending on the reflexed fruiting pedi- cels, pubescent. In woods and on prairies, Illinois to North Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba and Athabasca. 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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