Definition of Asclepias exaltata

1. Noun. Milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed.

Exact synonyms: Poke Milkweed
Generic synonyms: Milkweed, Silkweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Exaltata

Aschheim-Zondek test
Aschner's phenomenon
Aschner's reflex
Aschner-Dagnini reflex
Aschoff bodies
Aschoff body
Aschoff cell
Aschoff nodules
Ascidiaceae
Asclepia meadii
Asclepiad
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepius
Ascoli
Ascoli's test
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli reaction
Ascomycota

Literary usage of Asclepias exaltata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"asclepias exaltata (L.) Muhl. Poke Milkweed. M. p. 743. Moist copses. Summer. Philadelphia—Wissahickon and Fairmount Park, Wister (Re.). ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... sandy flats, barrens and roadsides. asclepias exaltata L. Poke milkweed; Tall milkweed Herbaceous perennial Woods and wooded roadsides. ..."

3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"3405- asclepias exaltata (L.) Muhl.—Rare in wet woods at Southold, south of Great Pond. July 30, 1920. No. 3565. ..."

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