''Asclepias amplexicaulis'', the blunt-leaved milkweed, clasping milkweed, or sand milkweed, is a species of
flowering plant in the subfamily
Asclepiadoideae (
Apocynaceae).
[ It is endemic to the United States, where it is mostly found east of the ]Great Plains
The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
.[ It grows in dry prairies, savannas, open woods, and fallow fields, usually in sandy soil.][
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Description
It grows high and produces flowers in the summer.[
This plant was eaten as food historically. However, it contains a poison dangerous to humans and livestock, so caution must be used if ingesting this plant.][
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amplexicaulis
Flora of North America