Taxon: Asclepias tuberosa L.

Common names:

• butterfly milkweed   (Source: F Florida )
  
• butterfly-weed   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• chiegerflower   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• pleurisy-root   (Source: Intermt F )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
• Woodson. 1954. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41:74–79.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asclepias tuberosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asclepias tuberosa. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Asclepias decumbens L.
  

Check other databases for Asclepias tuberosa L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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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