Asclepias speciosa Torr.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Asclepias speciosa Torr.

  • Collector(s)

    H. M. Tucker, 15 Aug 1935

  • Location

    United States of America. Idaho. Canyon Co. Post Office Caldwell.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00950694

    Occurrence ID: 90da1f92-781f-4b5b-8166-23ea317211e1

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Asclepias speciosa Torr.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Idaho

  • County/Municipio

    Canyon Co.

  • Locality

    Post Office Caldwell.

  • Coordinates

    43.6547, -116.671

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    4814

  • Georeferencing Method

    GEOLocate Web Application. Used the GEOLocate Web Application to georeference locality (high precision). Unable to find Post Office; georeferenced to the corrected center of the Caldwell, adjusted uncertainty radius (resized to polygon).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Asclepias speciosa
Showey milkweed apparently is not very
poisonous. It is distasteful to animals and
is never eaten by choice.
Other species, especially Asclepias
eriocarpa, are quite poisonous* The poisonous
effect is due* resinoid*
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