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Family Asclepiadaceae (click for list of genera only)
Asclepias L. *               milkweed (DISTRIBUTION MAP GALLERY of SPECIES)
Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. * +               clasping milkweed, sand milkweed
Asclepias exaltata L. * +               poke milkweed, tall milkweed                  Asclepias bicknellii Vail                  Asclepias phytolaccoides Pursh
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson * +               prairie milkweed, tall green milkweed                  Acerates hirtella Pennell                  Asclepias longifolia Michx. var. hirtella (Pennell) Farmer & Bell
Asclepias incarnata L. subsp. incarnata * +               swamp milkweed                  Asclepias incarnata L. var. incarnata
Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt. * +               side-cluster milkweed, woolly milkweed                  Acerates lanuginosa (Nutt.) Decne.                  Acerates monocephala Lapham ex A.Gray                  Asclepias nuttalliana Torr.                  Asclepias otarioides auct. non E.Fourn.
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A.Gray * +               Mead's milkweed
Asclepias ovalifolia Decne. * +               dwarf milkweed, oval milkweed, oval-leaved milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens L. * +               purple milkweed
Asclepias speciosa Torr. * +               showy milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A.Gray * +               prairie milkweed, smooth milkweed, Sullivant's milkweed
Asclepias syriaca L. * +               common milkweed, silkweed                  Asclepias intermedia Vail                  Asclepias kansana Vail                  Asclepias syriaca L. var. kansana (Vail) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
Asclepias tuberosa L. subsp. interior Woodson * +               butterfly milkweed, butterfly-weed, orange milkweed                  Asclepias tuberosa L. subsp. terminalis Woodson                  Asclepias tuberosa L. var. interior (Woodson) Shinners
Asclepias verticillata L. * +               whorled milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora Raf. * +               green-flowered milkweed, short green milkweed                  Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton                  Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. ivesii Britton                  Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton var. linearis A.Gray                  Asclepias lanceolata Ives                  Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. lanceolata (Ives) Torr.                  Asclepias viridiflora Raf. var. linearis (A.Gray) Fernald
Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench * +               black swallow-wort                  Asclepias nigra L.                  Cynanchum louiseae Kartesz & Gandhi                  Cynanchum nigrum (L.) Pers.