COLLECTION NAME:
Kansas Wildflowers
Record
Catalog Number:
2775
Record ID:
KBS_LARC.2775_1200.Asc_hir2.tif
Global Unique Identifier:
URN:science:KBS:wildflower:2775
Institution Code:
KBS
Date Last Modified:
12/16/2004
Basis Of Record:
observation
Scientific Name:
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woods.
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Genus:
Asclepias
Species:
hirtella
Scientific Name Author:
(Pennell) Woods.
State or Province:
Kansas
County:
Cherokee
Locality:
KS 57, 1.3 mi S on the Kansas-Missouri border. Mesic, upland, tallgrass prairie hay meadow on the W side of gravel road.
Physiographic Province:
Cherokee Lowlands
Associated Plant Community:
Tallgrass Prairie
Collector:
Craig C. Freeman
Date Collected:
6/15/1987
Rights:
Craig C. Freeman
Source:
Kansas Wildflowers Database, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas
Genus Name Meaning:
Named for Asklepios, Greek god of medicine
Species Name Meaning:
having small hairs
Common Names:
Prairie milkweed
Description:
Plant life form: Perennial
Description:
Height: 2.5-11 dm
Description:
Species description: Flowers are pale green tinged with purple and bloom from June to September.
Description:
Species description: Perennial herb with a usually solitary stem arising from an enlarged base. Leaves are mostly alternate and narrowly lance-shaped. Inflorescences occur in leaf axils.
Description:
"Habitat: Prairies, marshy areas, roadsides."
Description:
Range in Kansas: Eastern fifth of the state.
Color:
Green
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woods.
