Apocynaceae
Carolina milkweed
Asclepias cinerea
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Asclepias
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Carolina milkweed
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 172 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jason K., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Guralnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Curtis Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.