Taxon: Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A. Gray

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Threatened
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• Mead's milkweed   (Source: US Fish & Wildl List ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [n.w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [s.], Kansas [e.], Missouri [s. & c.], Wisconsin

References:

• Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
• Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
• Kartesz, J. T. & R. Kartesz. 1980. A synonomized checklist of the flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asclepias meadii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asclepias meadii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Asclepias meadii.

Check other web resources for Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A. Gray:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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