Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967156
Other Barcodes on Sheet	;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Maine
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine: Piscataquis County
Locality	Umbazooksus River
Date Collected	1857-07-27
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/27446a20-6a8b-4f1c-b55a-5460e5c19e75
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967156
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias incarnata Linnaeus
Determined by	Kittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined	2017
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Annotation Text	ssp. incarnata
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias incarnata Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Annotation Text	smooth form
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[A. incarnata smooth form]

Remarks

["I plucked at the waters edge The Asclepias incarnata with flowers a brighter red than ours -- & very handsome -- It was the only form of it I saw there -- The smooth form of Gray -- of which he makes ours a var pulchra. The former is smooth except 2 hairy lines -- The peduncles & pedicels are very much more slender -- & the peduncles longer than in my specimen of the Pulchra. Bigelow does not describe the smooth one " unpublished passage from Journal 9 for July 27, 1857]