Index / Search / Asclepias exaltata
§1 Plant
Asclepias exaltata L.
vernacular poke milkweed — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Asclepias
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 580 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 580 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fulton 17057
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Edmonson 21061
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Clay 37043
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Rutherford 37161
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Monroe 39111
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cocke 47029
- Giles 47055
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- McDowell 54047
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASEX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170307 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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