Asclepias amplexicaulis. Emmet J. Judziewicz Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium. University of Wisconsin at Stevens point.wisplants.uwsp.edu (Accessed 12/2014).

Asclepias amplexicaulis is a perennial herb from a rhizome, to 80 cm tall, sap milky, plant usually pale, waxy-green (glaucous). 

Leaves opposite, oval to broadly oblong, 7-15 cm long, tip blunt, base usually lobed, clasping stem, margin often wavy. 

Flowers greenish-purple and pinkish, radially symmetrical (regular) to 1.8 cm long (see A. syriaca); inflorescence, terminal, umbrella-shaped, on a stalk 10-30 cm long, flowers numerous; May-July. 

Asclepias amplexicaulis (blunt-leaved milkweed).MBGargiullo.NJ Pine Barrens Rt.530 off Rt 70.7/25/92

Fruit dry, hollow pods, slender, elongate 10-13 cm long, erect on bent stalks; splitting open to release plumed seeds, dispersed by wind. 

Wetland status: UPL. 

Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent. 

Origin: Native. 

Habitat: Dry open habitats, sandy soil.