Scientific name: Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. Common name: Curly Milkweed, Blunt-leaved Milkweed Family: Asclepiadaceae Origin: Native
Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm., Curly Milkweed, on the side road at the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry, Floyd Co., Georgia; (May 20, 2006.)	(June, 2001.)

History: John Abbot (1751-1840?), an English entomologist and naturalist, discovered Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. in southeast Georgia. From 1775 he lived near Augusta, Georgia where he studied, collected and painted plants, butterflies, and birds. Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828), a British botanist and a founder of Linnaean Society, published the Asclepias amplexicaulis species in his The natural history of the rarer lepidoterous insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observation of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country. London: T. Bensley, for J. Edwards 1797. Vol. I., Tab. VII; 13

Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm., Curly Milkweed, and Danaus gilippus, Queen by John Abbot (1797)

Last updated on November 12, 2007.

References :
1. Johnson, Martha Josephine. " Naturalists and Plant Explorers in Georgia until 1850 ( with Illustrations of Some Native Plants Observed)." Dissertation University of Georgia, Athens 1972: 213.
2. Illustration: Smith, James E. The natural history of the rarer lepidoterous insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observation of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country. London: T. Bensley, for J. Edwards, 1797. Vol. I., Tab. VII; 13 :
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3. Images by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA-NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.