An individual instance of Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
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This particular organism is believed to have native means of establishment.

This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.


Identifications:


Asclepias tuberosa

L.

sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991

common name: butterfly milkweed
family: Asclepiadaceae
Identified 2003-06-05 by Steven J. Baskauf


Location:


New Hope Rd. at I-24 exit, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.34938°, -86.93065°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 200 m.

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Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2003-06-05

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stem - showing leaf bases
leaf - basal or on lower stem
inflorescence - whole - unspecified

Gleason Cronquist 1991 =

Gleason, Henry A. and Arthur Cronquist, 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, US.


Metadata last modified: 2019-10-16T22:24:42.018-05:00
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