What is Asclepias exaltata?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Poke milkweed |image = Asclepias exaltata (2985661678).jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |binomial = ''Asclepias exaltata'' |binomial_authority = L.}} '''''Asclepias exaltata''''' (also known as the '''poke milkweed''' or '''tall milkweed''') is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] [[plant]]. It is in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. The plant is found in eastern [[North America]]. It [[bloom]]s from late spring to early summer. The flowers are green and white. Poke milkweed is found in moist [[woodland]] [[habitat]]s. It grows well in moist [[soil]] and sunny or partly shaded places. It grows from 0.6 to 1.5 meters tall (2–5&nbsp;feet).<ref name=wc>William Cullina (2000). ''Wildflowers: a guide to growing and propagating native flowers of North America.'' The New England Wildflower Society. {{ISBN|0-395-96609-4}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias exaltata}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Asclepias exaltata'' at USDA PLANTS Database] {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|e]]