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§1 Plant — species · Asclepiadaceae

Asclepias syriaca L.

vernacular common milkweed


USDA
ASSY
GBIF
3170247
Rank
species
common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Platephotograph · csozanneCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

§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.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 18 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ASSY ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3170247 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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