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Accession Data:

Asclepias tuberosa L.

  • Common Name: Butterfly Weed
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900048
  • Source: Baker Creek 2019 - HB228
  • Accession Date: 05-10-2019
  • Bench: 5000 - Garden - TBD
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-13-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
  • Tribe: Asclepiadeae
  • SubTribe: Asclepiadinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ontario / Québec / Colorado / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / Nebraska / Oklahoma / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Arizona / California / Utah / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Northwest

References (external):

  1. Milkweed - Butterfly Weed at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Image#00 used with permission. Last accessed on Monday, 11 March, 2019.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
  4. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:27:40 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Asclepias tuberosa

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Apocynaceae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Apocyneae

  • Beaumontia grandiflora
  • Trachelospermum jasminoides

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Malouetieae

  • Pachypodium horombense
  • Pachypodium lamerei
  • Pachypodium namaquanum
  • Pachypodium rosulatum

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Mesechiteae

  • Mandevilla sp.

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Nerieae

  • Adenium obesum
  • Adenium socotranum
  • Nerium oleander
  • Strophanthus gratus
  • Strophanthus preussii

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Wrightieae

  • Wrightia sp.

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

  • Asclepiadinae: Asclepias curassavica
  • Asclepiadinae: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Asclepiadinae: Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum grandidieri W/C
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum marnierianum
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum pachycladon
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum sp.
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum verrucosum

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae

  • Stapelieae: Caralluma hesperidum
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia albisepta W/C
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia aristolochioides
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia cimiciodora
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia fusca
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia x rothii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia stapeliiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Edithcolea grandis
  • Stapeliinae: Hoodia gordonii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia piersii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia plowesii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia thureti var. thureti
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia zebrina
  • Stapeliinae: Larryleachia cactiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia flavopurpurea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia gigantea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelianthus madagascariensis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Fockeeae

  • Fockea edulis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Marsdenieae

  • Dischidia albiflora
  • Dischidia bengalensis
  • Dischidia litoralis
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia ovata
  • Dischidia platyphylla
  • Dischidia ruscifolia
  • Hoya australis ssp. australis
  • Hoya carnosa
  • Hoya carnosa x serpens
  • Hoya curtisii
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya macgillivrayi
  • Hoya macrophylla
  • Hoya obovata
  • Hoya pubicalyx
  • Hoya retusa
  • Marsdenia floribunda

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Cryptolepideae

  • Cryptostegia grandiflora

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae

  • Periploca laevigata W/C

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Alyxieae

  • Alyxia ruscifolia

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae

  • Acokanthera oppositifolia
  • Carissa macrocarpa

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae

  • Allamanda cathartica
  • Allamanda schottii
  • Cascabela thevetia
  • Plumeria rubra

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

  • Tabernaemontaninae: Tabernaemontana divaricata
  • Tabernaemontaninae: Tabernaemontana elegans

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Vinceae

  • Catharanthus roseus
  • Rauvolfia serpentina
  • Ochrosiinae: Ochrosia elliptica
W/C = Wild Collected
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