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Plant
habit
shrubs
aquatic & OBL wetland species
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
alternate
opposite
whorled
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
leaf(let) base
acuminate
attenuate
clasping
cordate
cuneate
obtuse
rounded
truncate
broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
broadest at middle
broadest below middle
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
corolla (petal) fusion
petals separate
fused, at least toward base
Fruit or Cone
appendages
wings
copious hair
Asclepias of Texas
Nabhan, Buckley, and Fishbein
Species Count: 37
Apocynaceae
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Asclepias arenaria
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias brachystephana
Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias elata
Asclepias emoryi
Asclepias engelmanniana
Asclepias hirtella
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias involucrata
Asclepias lanceolata
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias linearis
Asclepias longifolia
Asclepias macrotis
Asclepias nummularia
Asclepias obovata
Asclepias oenotheroides
Asclepias perennis
Asclepias prostrata
Asclepias pumila
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias rubra
Asclepias scaposa
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias sperryi
Asclepias stenophylla
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias texana
Asclepias tomentosa
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias uncialis
Asclepias variegata
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias viridiflora
Asclepias viridis