Texas Vascular Plant Image Library (Asclepiadaceae)

Texas Vascular Plant Image Library
Images of the Asclepiadaceae

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Asclepias amplexicaulis - Native, from College Station, TX. (flower - side view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias amplexicaulis - Native, from College Station, TX. (flower - front view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias amplexicaulis - Native. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias amplexicaulis - Native. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias asperula - Native, from Serpentine outcrop, Gillespie Co., TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias asperula - Native, from Serpentine outcrop, Gillespie Co., TX. (inflorescence with pollinators) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias asperula - Native, from Serpentine outcrop, Gillespie Co., TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias asperula - Native, from Serpentine outcrop, Gillespie Co., TX. (flower close-up) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias curassavica - Cultivated. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias curassavica - Cultivated. (flower - top view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias curassavica - Cultivated. (flower - side view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias curassavica - Cultivated. (flower - pollinia) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias curassavica (pollinator - butterfly--Gulf Fritillary)

Asclepias incarnata - Cultivated, from Univ. Wash. Med. plant Gar.. (flowers and fruits) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias incarnata - Cultivated, from Univ. Wash. Med. plant Gar.. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias incarnata (zoom) - inflorescence, close; in restored prairie area - Quail Hollow State Park, Stark County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias incarnata (zoom) - developing ovary; in restored prairie area - Quail Hollow State Park, Stark County, Ohio - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias incarnata - inflorescence - Monroe County, Indiana - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias incarnata - flowers - Monroe County, Indiana - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias incarnata - swamp milkweed -- Payson Lake, Utah Co., Utah, USA. - photo: James Reveal

Asclepias oenotheroides - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (whole plant with bumblebee) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias oenotheroides - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias oenotheroides - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (flower close-up) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias oenotheroides - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (longitudinal section of flower - BOTN 485)

Asclepias sp. - Native, from Navasota Flora. (fruit) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias sp. - Native, from Navasota Flora. (fruit - mature) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias sp. - Native, from Monte Vista NWR, CO. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias sp. (fruit - follicle)

Asclepias sp. - With butterflies - Blacksburg, Virginia - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias speciosa - Native, from Monte Vista NWR, CO. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias speciosa - Native, from Monte Vista NWR, CO. (flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias syriaca - From Navasota Flora. (fruit and latex) - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias syriaca - Native, from Navasota Flora. (seeds) - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias syriaca - follicle and latex - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias syriaca - seeds with coma - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias tuberosa - Native, from Kansas. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias tuberosa - Native, from Kansas. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias tuberosa - Native, from Kansas. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias tuberosa - Native, from Kansas. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias tuberosa - Plant in flower in prairie at Lick Creek Park - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias tuberosa - inflorescence with pollinator - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias tuberosa - flower with pollinator - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata - Native, from Navasota Flora. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias verticillata - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias verticillata - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Inflorescence; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Inflorescence, close; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Flowers from above; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Flower from above; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Flowers from side; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Flower from side; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias verticillata (zoom) - Cauline leaves; along county road, sw corner of Gail Allen Ranch (Meadowside), Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias viridis - Native, from College Station, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias viridis - Native, from Navasota Flora. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias viridis - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (flower - frontal view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias viridis - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (flower - side view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias viridis - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (longitudinal section of flower - BOTN 485)

Asclepias viridis - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Asclepias viridis (zoom) - Plant in fruit; Minter Spring, Brazos County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Asclepias viridis (zoom) - Developing fruit (follicle); Minter Spring, Brazos County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Blepharodon mucronatum [id?] (zoom) - Dehiscing fruit; Research Center area, Santa Rosa National Park, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica - photo: TAMU-HW

Blepharodon mucronatum [id?] (zoom) - Dehiscing fruit, with scale; Research Center area, Santa Rosa National Park, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica - photo: TAMU-HW

Blepharodon mucronatum [id?] (zoom) - Fruit, with scale; Research Center area, Santa Rosa National Park, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica - photo: TAMU-HW

Ceropegia woodii - plant - typical North American habitat (cultivation) - photo: TAMU-HW

Ceropegia woodii - leaves - typical North American habitat (cultivation) - photo: TAMU-HW

Ceropegia woodii - flower (Aristolochia-like fly trap) - photo: TAMU-HW

Ceropegia woodii - maturing gynoecium - both carpels developing - photo: TAMU-HW

Ceropegia woodii - mature gynoecium from a single flower - both carpels develop to produce two follicles - photo: TAMU-HW

Gonolobus sp. (zoom) - Fruit; Research Center area, Santa Rosa National Park, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica - photo: TAMU-HW

Gonolobus sp. (zoom) - Fruit, seeds; Research Center area, Santa Rosa National Park, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica - photo: TAMU-HW

Hoya kerrii - Cultivated. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hoya kerrii - Cultivated. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hoya sp. - Flower - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea biflora (zoom) - Flowering shoot; Dewberry Ridge outcrop, Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea biflora (zoom) - Leaves; Dewberry Ridge outcrop, Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea biflora (zoom) - Flower; Dewberry Ridge outcrop, Grimes County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea cynanchoides - Native, from Hilltop Lakes, TX. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Matelea cynanchoides - Native, from Hilltop Lakes, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Matelea cynanchoides - Native, from Wellborn, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Matelea decipiens (zoom) - Fruit, leaf; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea decipiens (zoom) - Fruit (follicle), suture with scale; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea decipiens (zoom) - Fruit (follicle), dehisced with comose seeds; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea decipiens (zoom) - Seed, coma; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea decipiens (zoom) - Pericarp, close with latex; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea denticulata from Kohler's Medicinal Plants

Matelea gonocarpos - Native, from Navasota Flora. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Flowering node; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Inflorescence; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Flower from side; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Flower, front view; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Plant; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Matelea gonocarpos (zoom) - Leaf; at top of rocky hill above beaver ponds; just West of Fort Boggy State Park, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Sarcostemma sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (on Lycium texanum) - photo: TAMU - JM

Stapelia gigantea - Center of flower - photo: TAMU-HW

Stapelia gigantea - plant with flower - Indiana University greenhouse - photo: TAMU-HW