Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Asclepias humistrata

sandhill milkweed, pinewoods milkweed
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Mark Hutchinson, Hernando Chapter, FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

sandhill milkweed, pinewoods milkweed

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Asclepias humistrata

Familia:

Apocynaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

1-3 ft tall by 1 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,pink,purple

Color de la fruta:

purple,green

Fenología:

winter dormant

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Small specimen plant.

Consideraciones:

Toxic if eaten unless boiled with two waters. Tends to sprawl.

Disponibilidad:

Seed

Propagación:

Difficult to transplant. Best grown from seed.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

5.1 to 7.5

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Starting…
Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars

Larval host to the Monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ), Queen butterfly ( Danaus gilippus ) and others.


Attracts many pollinators, especially native bees.

Hábitats nativos:

Sandhill, clayhill, scrub.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Interesting pink veined foliage, showy flowers. Often lies on its side with the flowers held somewhat above the rest of the plant.



Has an extremely deep taproot.  Is notoriously difficult to transplant.

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Huegel, Craig N. (2012). Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Minno, Marc and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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