Asclepias ASCLEPIADACEAE Asclepias 



A. lanceolata Walt. Orange Milkweed. 



Frequent on beaches and in salt marshes, Kent (Del.), Sussex 

 and Worcester Counties. Late June, July. 



Var. paupercula (Mx.) Fern. 



Rare: salt meadow, Fen wick Island (S), R. R. Tatnall, 2278, 

 22 July 1934 (T, G), and 2383, 16 Sept. 1934 (T). July. Range 

 extension northward from s. e. Virginia. 



A. rubra L. Red Milkweed. 



Infrequent, in all three counties of Delaware. July. 



A. purpurascens L. Purple Milkweed. 



Frequent in dry woods and fields, and on roadsides. Piedmont 

 and northern portion of Coastal Plain, in New Castle and Cecil 

 Counties. June, mid-July. / / 



A. incarnata L. Swamp Milkweed. 



Infrequent, in swamps of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain 

 southward at least to Talbot County (Earle); one station in Acco- 

 mac County: Wallops Island, McAtee in 1913 (U). Early June to 

 mid-Aug. J^M^.^^'voy^ f 



Var. pulchra (Ehrh.) Pers. 



Common in swamps. Piedmont, and southward on the 

 Coastal Plain to northern Accomac County. June to Aug. 



A. syriaca L. {A. Cornuti Dene.) Common Milkweed. 



Common in dry ground; fields and roadsides. Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. June, July. 



A. amplexicaulis Sm. {A. oblusifolia Mx.) 



Frequent in dry sandy soil, from the Fall Line southward to 

 Accomac County. June. 



A. phytolaccoides Pursh. (A. exaltata of authors.) Poke Milk- 

 weed. 

 Frequent in moist thickets, northern New Castle County. 

 Mid-June, July. 



A. variegata L. White Milkweed. 



Frequent in dry open woods and open sandy soil,. Piedmont, 

 and southward on the Coastal Plain to central Accomac County. 

 Late May, June. 



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