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Scientific Name
Asclepias purpurascens
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Asclepias purpurascens L.
Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Purple milkweed
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomPlantae
SubkingdomViridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta
Superdivision Embryophyta
DivisionTracheophyta
SubdivisionSpermatophytina
ClassMagnoliopsida
SuperorderAsteranae
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusAsclepias
SpeciesAsclepias purpurascens
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Unknown
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
1
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
WFO
Created Date
2/26/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jeffrey Shreiner, 2003.
Last Modified Date
4/9/2004 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Found in dry to moist woods, thickets, fields and roadsides., Park Species Data Source: Updated by William Olson, February, 2003.
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