What is Asclepias amplexicaulis?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Clasping Milkweed |image = Asclepias amplexicaulis.png |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. amplexicaulis''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' |binomial_authority = [[James Edward Smith|Sm.]] |}} '''''Asclepias amplexicaulis''''', also known as the '''clasping milkweed''', is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] [[plant]]. It is also known as '''blunt-leaved milkweed''' and '''sand milkweed'''. It is in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to eastern [[North America]]. The [[bloom]]ing period is in the spring. This species is found in [[prairie]]s and open [[woodland]]s, usually in [[sand]]y [[soil]]. It is about 0.3 to 0.9 meters in height (1-3 feet). Clasping Milkweed has [[poison]] that is [[wikt:dangerous|dangerous]] to [[human]]s and [[livestock]]. ==Other websites== {{Commonscat|Asclepias amplexicaulis}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias amplexicaulis}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASAM ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://www.kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=113 ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221001610/http://www.kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=113 |date=2008-02-21 }} *[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/asclepiasampl.html ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at Connecticut Botanical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616225659/http://ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/asclepiasampl.html |date=2010-06-16 }} *http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/plants/A-amplexicaulis.html {{Taxonbar|from=Q956556}} [[Category:Asclepias|a]] {{biology-stub}}