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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias purpurascens L.
purple milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
purpurascens: becoming purple or purplish
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1 1/2'-3' tall forb with a single, stout stem with soft, fine hairs; milky juice |
| Flower: | purple to red, 5-parted, 1/2"-2/3" tall,  with the flat, short, inwardly-curved horns shorter than the pale purple hoods; inflorescence many-flowered, stalked, erect umbel (1 to a few); blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | downy pods with many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | elliptical to oblong, opposite with pointed tips and broadly pointed bases, stalked, downy beneath |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods; in sandy soil |
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