Asclepias connivens Baldw. ex Ell.

Weakley, Alan S., LeBlond, Richard J., McMillan, Patrick D., Sorrie, Bruce A., Poindexter, Derick B., Fuller, J. Brandon, Bridges, Edwin L., Budach, Brett J., Carr, Susan C., Crowl, Andrew A., Manos, Paul S., Fritsch, Peter W., Orzell, Steve L., Wipff, Joseph K., Messec, Lilly Anderson, Dellinger, Bob, Ungberg, Eric A., Yawn, Noah D., Cressler, Alan M., Oberholster, Chris, Barger, T. Wayne, Carter, J. Richard, Floden, Aaron J., Knapp, Wesley M., Copen, Iris, Jenkins, Amy M., Hughes, Ethan L., Annis, Jenna, Baker, Wilson & Mears, Randy L., 2024, Studies In The Vascular Flora Of The Southeastern United States. X, Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 18 (1), pp. 17-77 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i1.1338
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386DE00-FF97-A03E-FF99-2BF7A0D4FB88
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Asclepias connivens Baldw. ex Ell.
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Asclepias connivens Baldw. ex Ell. View in CoL [ Apocynaceae ] Large-Flower Milkweed

With only one previously known Alabama collection from June 1974 [Covington Co., 25 Jun 1974, Kral 53454 (BRIT)], the second collection of this uncommon S1 species ( ALNHP 2023) comes 46 years after its initial discovery in the state ( SERNEC 2024). Large-flower milkweed inhabits wet pine flatwoods and seepage bogs in the lower coastal plain of South Carolina, Georgia, and into the panhandle of Florida (Kartesz/BONAP 2024; Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team 2023), where it is most commonly encountered in savannas with Sarracenia spp. This Alabama collection represents an extension of the western distribution limit for the species.

Voucher Specimen: ALABAMA. Covington Co.: Open remnant of wet pine savanna on S side of roadway; much woody encroachment,fire needed, 4 Jun 2020, T . Wayne Barger 5206 ( ALNHS 6790 View Materials ) .