Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Walker
31.469361, -95.634556
Location Remarks
East of Riverside. On N 3454 (Thomas Lake Road), ca. 100 m north of junction with FM980. 82 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Asclepias
Specific Epithet
viridis
Authorship
Walter
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#284,760 of 335,497
Top 85%
Extinction probability
11%