Scientific Name
Asclepias lanceolata

Common Name
Asclepias; Lanceolated milkwort
Life Cycle: Perennial


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Height: 2 to 4 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 to 3 umbels at top of stem; 5 to 12 bright orange-yellow flowers with red corolla per umbel
Flowering Season: Summer
Foliage: Narrow, opposite, lanceolate leaves; 6 to 8 inches long; smooth slender stem; wide spacing between pairs of leaves
Site: Savannahs, moist ditches, brackish marshes
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