ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Asclepias tuberosa interior CLASS: DICOTYLEDENAE ORDER: GENTIANALES FAMILY: ASCLEPIADACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asclepias tuberosa interior AUTHORITY: L. COMMON NAMES: BUTTERFLYWEED SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: ASTUI NATURAL COMMUNITIES: FOREST UPLAND FOREST DRY SAND FOREST DRY PRAIRIE SAND PRAIRIE DRY SAVANNA SAND SAVANNA DRY PRIMARY GLADE LIMESTONE SHALE LISTED CHARACTERISTIC CULTURAL SUCCESSIONAL FIELD SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: CENTRAL Upland oak Post oak - blackjack oak White/Black/Northern Red- Oak NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: ADAMS BOND BOONE CALHOUN CASS CHAMPAIGN CHRISTIAN CLARK CLAY CLINTON COLES COOK CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND DEKALB DEWITT DOUGLAS DUPAGE EDGAR EDWARDS EFFINGHAM FAYETTE FORD GALLATIN GRUNDY HAMILTON HANCOCK HARDIN HENDERSON IROQUOIS JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON JERSEY JO DAVIESS JOHNSON KANE KANKAKEE KENDALL LAKE LASALLE LAWRENCE LEE LIVINGSTON LOGAN MCDONOUGH MCHENRY MCLEAN MACON MACOUPIN MADISON MARION MARSHALL MASON MASSAC MENARD MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN MOULTRIE OGLE PEORIA PERRY PIATT POPE PULASKI RANDOLPH RICHLAND ST. CLAIR SALINE SANGAMON SCHUYLER SCOTT SHELBY STARK STEPHENSON TAZEWELL UNION VERMILION WABASH WASHINGTON WHITE WHITESIDE WILL WILLIAMSON WINNEBAGO GROWTH FORM: Dicot-herb TAXONOMY COMMENTS: Including f. lutea (clute) Steyerm. TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: ROOTS: Primary LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate Opposite LEAF TYPE: Simple LEAF MARGIN: Entire LEAF VENATION: Pinnate LEAF SHAPE: Linear Lanceolate INFLORESCENCE: Umbel FLOWER MEROUS: 5 FLOWER STRUCTURE: Complete Regular FLOWER COLOR: Red Orange Yellow FLOWER PLACEMENT: Hypogynous FRUIT: Follicle GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ORIGIN: Native POPULATION DYNAMICS: STATE STATUS: Not listed FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed COMMONNESS: Common ENDEMIC: NOT-ENDEMIC BIOLOGIC: HABIT: Forb LIFE CYCLE: Perennial REPRODUCTION: Sexual Vegetative FLOWERING PERIOD: MONTH BEGINNING- 5 MONTH END- 9 TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic C02 FIXATION: C3 SEX: Perfect ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS: Sandy black oak woods; along roadsides; rocky woods. ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS: GRAVEL No data entered SAND Good SANDY LOAM No data entered LOAM No data entered CLAY LOAM No data entered CLAY No data entered DENSE CLAY No data entered ORGANIC SOIL No data entered NEUTRAL pH No data entered ACIDIC SOIL Good EXTREMELY ACID No data entered SALINE SOIL No data entered SODIC SOIL No data entered SODIC-SALINE No data entered ROCKY OUTCROPS Good GENTLE SLOPES No data entered MODERATE SLOPE No data entered STEEP SLOPES No data entered HABITAT: Dry FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS: WIND MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT: INSECT HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA: EDIBLE: Yes SHOWY FLOWERS: YES AMOUNT: High WILD HERBS: Medicinal HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS: Roots used as an emetic or diuretic. WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION: FOOD VALUE: No data entered COVER VALUE: No data entered LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA: CATTLE FORAGE: No data SHEEP FORAGE: No data HORSE FORAGE: No data GOAT FORAGE: No data ENERGY VALUE: No data PROTEIN VALUE: No data POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK): Suspect LIVESTOCK COMMENTS: Leaves and stems may be poisonous. REVEGETATION PLANTINGS: WEEDINESS: Non-weedy REFERENCES: Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 494 pp. Jones, G. N. 1963. Flora of Illinois. Third ed. American Midland Naturalist Monograph 7. University of Notre Dame, Indiana. 401 pp. Steyermark, J. A. 1963. Flora of Missouri. Iowa State University Press, Ames. 1725 pp. Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of north- eastern United States and adjacent Canada. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 810 pp. Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th ed. American Book Co., New York. 1632 pp. Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm. 1979. Plants of the Chicago region. Third ed. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. 922 pp. White, J., and M. H. Madany. 1978. Classification of natural communities in Illinois. Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas inventory technical report. Vol. 1. Survey methods and results. Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana. Downton, W. J. S. 1975. The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants. Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105. Smith, J. P. 1977. Vascular plant families. Mad River Press, Inc., Eureka, California. 320 pp. END OF DATA FOR SPECIES Asclepias tuberosa interior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015