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Asclepias lanceolata Walter
Fewflower milkweed

Copyright by: George D. Gann, 14 January 2015
In habitat, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images and click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below for more images. See also a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about Asclepias lanceolata's relationship with the Queen butterfly.

Other data on Asclepias lanceolata available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Asclepias lanceolata has been found in the following 23 conservation areas :
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Asclepias lanceolata has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native