Index / Search / Asclepias purpurascens
§1 Plant
Asclepias purpurascens L.
vernacular purple milkweed — species · Asclepiadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae Borkh.
- Genus
- Asclepias
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 500 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 500 counties across 30 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Franklin 20059
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Miami 20121
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Coshocton 39031
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ASPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170271 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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