Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Asclepias humistrata
PINEWOODS MILKWEED; Sandhill milkweed
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Asclepias humistrata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Asclepias humistrata
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · Panhandle · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hernando; Flagler; Volusia; Manatee; Putnam; Hillsborough; Polk; Pasco; Highlands; Calhoun; Escambia; Citrus; Leon; Marion; Pinellas; Seminole; Nassau; Clay; Duval; Santa Rosa; Lake; Collier
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- sandhill
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Moisture
- dry
- Soil
- sand
- Wildlife benefits
- pollinators; butterfly host
- Restoration considerations
- Verify site occurrence and local seed provenance before collection.
Where documented in Florida
Hernando; Flagler; Volusia; Manatee; Putnam; Hillsborough; Polk; Pasco; Highlands; Calhoun; Escambia; Citrus; Leon; Marion; Pinellas; Seminole; Nassau; Clay; Duval; Santa Rosa; Lake; Collier
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Asclepias
- Asclepias amplexicaulis — CLASPING MILKWEED
- Asclepias cinerea — CAROLINA MILKWEED
- Asclepias connivens — LARGEFLOWER MILKWEED
- Asclepias curtissii — CURTISS' MILKWEED; Curtiss's milkweed
- Asclepias feayi — FLORIDA MILKWEED
- Asclepias incarnata — SWAMP MILKWEED
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.