Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Asclepias tuberosa
BUTTERFLYWEED; BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Asclepias tuberosa. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Central Florida · South Florida · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Pinellas; Charlotte; Miami-Dade; Madison; Lafayette; Polk; Pasco; Clay; Duval; Osceola; Highlands; Lake; Seminole; Sarasota; Citrus; Dixie; Levy; Marion; Manatee; Hernando; Hamilton; Orange; DeSoto; Suwannee; Collier; Hendry; Brevard; Volusia; Jefferson; Taylor; Leon; Martin; St. Lucie; Jackson; Sumter; Okaloosa; Walton; Bradford; Putnam; Lee; Baker; Calhoun; Gulf; Santa Rosa; Washington
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- sandhill
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Moisture
- dry
- Soil
- sand
- Wildlife benefits
- pollinators; butterfly host
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Pinellas; Charlotte; Miami-Dade; Madison; Lafayette; Polk; Pasco; Clay; Duval; Osceola; Highlands; Lake; Seminole; Sarasota; Citrus; Dixie; Levy; Marion; Manatee; Hernando; Hamilton; Orange; DeSoto; Suwannee; Collier; Hendry; Brevard; Volusia; Jefferson; Taylor; Leon; Martin; St. Lucie; Jackson; Sumter; Okaloosa; Walton; Bradford; Putnam; Lee; Baker; Calhoun; Gulf; Santa Rosa; Washington
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
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.