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Asclepias amplexicaulis

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This plant was eaten as food historically. However, it contains a poison dangerous to humans and livestock, so caution must be used if ingesting this plant.
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It grows 1–3 ft (0.30–0.91 m) high and produces flowers in the summer.
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County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
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Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis
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to the United States, where it is mostly found east of the
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
Binomial name
Sm.
flowering plant
Asclepiadoideae
Apocynaceae
endemic
Great Plains
In flower at Nachusa Grasslands in Illinois
Nachusa Grasslands
Illinois
Line drawing
USDA, NRCS
"​Asclepias amplexicaulis​"


"Asclepias amplexicaulis"


"Asclepias amplexicaulis"

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