Details for: NA 82342, Asclepias tuberosa L., NA 82342

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Asclepias tuberosa L.

Top Name:

NA 82342

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 2023

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Life Form:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Asclepias tuberosa L.

Top Name:

NA 82342

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

21 Jun 2023

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Life Form:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

NA 82342

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Asclepias tuberosa. Note per curator: "Unknown source. I had been told that A. tuberosa in FV meadow was planted originally, pre-1987. But I could be wrong and some or all could be naturally occurring. However lack of it in other meadows suggests planted originally." [Update 8/18/2021: possibly NA 52604, which was originally collected near the Gotelli Conifer Collection as seed in 1983 by Sherry McNatt; 8 plants were planted in the Fern Valley "prairie" in 1984. According to Freeman's checklist of naturally-occurring plants at USNA, this species was found occasionally in dry meadows, so it may be of native origin. -SBL] Form received: existing plant.

Asclepias tuberosa L.

Genus:

Asclepias

Family:

Apocynaceae

Subfamily:

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe:

Asclepiadeae

Subtribe:

Asclepiadinae

Nomen number:

4480

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:217. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/05/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Asclepias tuberosa L. subsp. interior Woodson (1 active accession[s])
Asclepias tuberosa L. subsp. rolfsii (Britton) Woodson (0 active accession[s])
Asclepias tuberosa L. subsp. tuberosa (0 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Asclepias decumbens L.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	butterfly milkweed		1	Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
English	butterfly-weed		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	chieger-flower		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	pleurisy-root		1	Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
English (Canada)	butterflyweed	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 196.
French (Canada)	asclépiade tubéreuse	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 196.
German	knollige Seidenpflanze		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1223.
Swedish	orange sidenört		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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