Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Asclepias tomentosa
VELVETLEAF MILKWEED; velvet-leaf milkweed
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Asclepias tomentosa. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Asclepias tomentosa
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · South Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Citrus; Lake; Sumter; Brevard; Pasco; Clay; Sarasota; Marion; Collier; Highlands; Osceola; Franklin; Hillsborough; Volusia; Pinellas; Hernando; Levy
Where documented in Florida
Citrus; Lake; Sumter; Brevard; Pasco; Clay; Sarasota; Marion; Collier; Highlands; Osceola; Franklin; Hillsborough; Volusia; Pinellas; Hernando; Levy
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 humistrata — PINEWOODS MILKWEED; Sandhill milkweed
Data provenance
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