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| color = lightgreen
|familia=Apocynaceae
| name = Clasping Milkweed
|genus=Asclepias
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|species=amplexicaulis
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| binomial = ''Asclepias amplexicaulis''
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'''''Asclepias amplexicaulis''''' ('''Blunt-leaved Milkweed''', '''Clasping Milkweed''') is a species of [[milkweed]], in the subfamily [[Asclepiadaceae]]<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASAM ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>, which is cited as a [[wildflower]] native to the [[United States]] <ref>[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/bluntleafmilkweed.html ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas]</ref>, mostly found in Central and Eastern areas and grown in the spring time. Its found grown in dry fields and open woods, usually in sandy soil and 1-3 feet in height. <ref>[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/asclepiasampl.html ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'' at Connecticut Botanical Society]</ref> It contains a poison dangerous to humans and livestock, special care must be taken when using this plant. <ref>http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/plants/A-amplexicaulis.html</ref>
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Asclepias amplexicaulis, Michx. Plant glabrous and glaucous: st. decumbent, 1-2 ft. long: Lvs. numerous, cordate- ovate and clasping, obtuse, succulent: corolla green- purple. Barrens, N. C. and S.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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