Aquatic milkweed
Asclepias perennis Walter
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- —
Apocynaceae
Formerly Asclepias debilis, Asclepias lancifolia, Asclepias laxiflora, Asclepias parviflora, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Illinois to SE. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Asclepias perennis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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