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Asclepias longifolia

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Asclepias longifolia, or the longleaf milkweed, is a flowering plant native to the southern United States from Texas to Delaware. It is rare in the north end of its range and is presumed to be extinct in Delaware.[2][1]

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Asclepias longifolia
In St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Apparently Secure
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species:
A. longifolia
Binomial name
Asclepias longifolia
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Foliage of Asclepias longifolia (Potomac, Maryland. September 2005)

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