Details for: OPGC 8769, Asclepias speciosa Torr., NM930-523

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Top Name:

NM930-523

Origin:

Collected – New Mexico, United States

Maintained:

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center

Received by NPGS:

01 May 2023

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	25 count		OPGC 8769 24ohwo01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Top Name:

NM930-523

Origin:

Collected – New Mexico, United States

Maintained:

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center

Received by NPGS:

01 May 2023

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

01 May 2023.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):

Bureau of Land Management, SOS project

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Seeds of Success (SOS)
Note: Seeds of success project
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Accession Names and Identifiers

NM930-523

Type: Collector identifier

Group: SOS

Seeds of Success Project

, Bureau of Land Management, SOS project

OPGC 8769

Type: Site identifier

Group: OPGC

OPGC Accession Numbers

The Ohio State University, OPGC

W6 61193

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station

Narrative

Plants are 1+ meter tall, showy pink/purple flower clusters (distinct star shape), oblong opposite leaves, seeds in large pods with soft spines, seeds attached to fuzzy white hairs to assist with dispersal. Pods split open when mature. Growing along Rio Chama below dam, high flow control.

Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Genus:

Asclepias

Family:

Apocynaceae

Subfamily:

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe:

Asclepiadeae

Subtribe:

Asclepiadinae

Nomen number:

316574

Place of publication:

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2:218. 1827 (Acct. pl. Rocky Mts.)

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15911265

Verified:

07/05/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Greek milkweed		1	Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
English	showy milkweed		1	Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
English (Canada)	showy milkweed	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 196.
French (Canada)	belle asclépiade	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 196.
German	Pracht-Seidenpflanze		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1223.
Swedish	praktsidenört		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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