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On Asclepias syriaca.

Growing in a remarkable pine-oak savanna remnant.

In sand pine scrub habitat.

Growing at the upper edge of a roadside ditch.

My thanks to Kevin Doyle (Botanist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources) for facilitating this visit.

Currently in iNaturalist this species is being treated as Varronia globosa or V. humilis. The Atlas of Florida Plants currently uses V. globosa as the accepted name, so I'm following that.

Weedy in an artificial sandy area that may have been used as a volleyball court.

Growing in a mesic, sandy loam prairie.

My thanks to Kevin Doyle (Botanist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources) for facilitating this visit.

Growing with Vaccinium pallidum and V. stamineum.

Growing in a mesic sandy-loam prairie.

Thanks to Floyd Catchpole and Brad Semel for bringing me to this site.

Feeding on Viola rafinesquei (V. bicolor).

Branches easily accessible near the ground thanks to this forest getting roughed-up by Hurricane Irma several months earlier.

Growing in a mesic, sandy loam prairie.

Thanks to Kevin Doyle (Botanist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources) for facilitating this visit.

Growing in mesic soil in a somewhat open forest, with Carex annectens and C. cephaloidea.

Growing in a mesic sandy-loam prairie.

Thanks to Floyd Catchpole and Brad Semel for bringing me to this site.

All cleistogamous flowers at this point. Growing in a sandy prairie opening in a forest dominated by Quercus alba, Q. palustris, and Q. velutina (an unusual combination).

Thanks to Joel McNeal for bringing me to this site.

Growing in a frequently mowed lawn.

Growing in an open swamp forest.

Growing at the edge of a Sphagnum bog.

Shrubs up to 1 meter tall.

A problematic weed in boggy pots, not (and never) cultivated.

Photographed over a few weeks in April, 2013.

Growing in a sphagnum bog.

These photos also were posted on the USDA PLANTS Database website several years ago.

Growing in a damp meadow with Carex annectens and C. stipata.

These three species growing together at this site:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111085959

A tall sedge with very wide leaves, growing in a sloped seepage bog.

These photos also were posted on the USDA PLANTS Database website several years ago.

Growing in moist soil in an old field.

Most of these photos also were posted on the USDA PLANTS Database website several years ago.

Thanks to Joel McNeal for bringing me to this site.

Thanks to Joel McNeal for bringing me to this site.

Thanks to Joel McNeal for bringing me to this site.

In a sloped seepage bog.

Fruit from tall (2 meter), dead, herbaceous plants.

Growing on a frequently mowed roadside.

Little weed tree at the edge of a road, photographed over several days.

Reminiscent of small skunk cabbages.

Destroyer of sweaters.

The last photo is of a seedling, derived from the plants pictured, photographed a couple of months later.

With developing fruit.

Growing in a very dry, frequently mowed roadside lawn.

A weed with potted plants.

Lawn weed.

A substantial weed in pots and a yard.

Serpentine soil area.

Growing wild in a field.