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milkweeds
Asclepias
Asclepias L. (1753), the milkweeds, is an American genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to the family Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common milkweed
speciesAsclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed
speciesAsclepias tuberosa
swamp milkweed
speciesAsclepias incarnata
tropical milkweed
speciesAsclepias curassavica
showy milkweed
speciesAsclepias speciosa
green antelopehorns
speciesAsclepias viridis
Antelopehorn Milkweed
speciesAsclepias asperula
narrowleaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias fascicularis
whorled milkweed
speciesAsclepias verticillata
Zizotes milkweed
speciesAsclepias oenotheroides
green comet milkweed
speciesAsclepias viridiflora
poke milkweed
speciesAsclepias exaltata
redring milkweed
speciesAsclepias variegata
woollypod milkweed
speciesAsclepias eriocarpa
clasping milkweed
speciesAsclepias amplexicaulis
four-leaved milkweed
speciesAsclepias quadrifolia
rush milkweed
speciesAsclepias subulata
purple milkweed
speciesAsclepias purpurascens
broadleaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias latifolia
heart-leaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias cordifolia
Sandhill milkweed
speciesAsclepias humistrata
Aquatic Milkweed
speciesAsclepias perennis
horsetail milkweed
speciesAsclepias subverticillata
pineneedle milkweed
speciesAsclepias linaria
fewflower milkweed
speciesAsclepias lanceolata
tall green milkweed
speciesAsclepias hirtella
desert milkweed
speciesAsclepias erosa
California milkweed
speciesAsclepias californica
prairie milkweed
speciesAsclepias sullivantii
oval-leaved milkweed
speciesAsclepias ovalifolia
Texas milkweed
speciesAsclepias texana
savannah milkweed
speciesAsclepias pedicellata
white-stemmed milkweed
speciesAsclepias albicans
Engelmann's milkweed
speciesAsclepias engelmanniana
velvet-leaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias tomentosa
longleaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias longifolia
slimleaf milkweed
speciesAsclepias stenophylla
nodding milkweed
speciesAsclepias glaucescens
plains milkweed
speciesAsclepias pumila
Humboldt Mountains milkweed
speciesAsclepias cryptoceras
Curtiss's milkweed
speciesAsclepias curtissii
bract milkweed
speciesAsclepias brachystephana
slim milkweed
speciesAsclepias linearis
pineland milkweed
speciesAsclepias obovata
Asclepias mellodora
speciesAsclepias mellodora
Arizona milkweed
speciesAsclepias angustifolia
sand milkweed
speciesAsclepias arenaria
Carolina milkweed
speciesAsclepias cinerea
Florida milkweed
speciesAsclepias feayi
red milkweed
speciesAsclepias rubra
Michaux's milkweed
speciesAsclepias michauxii
cartwheels
speciesAsclepias albens
common meadow-star
speciesAsclepias stellifera
Mojave milkweed
speciesAsclepias nyctaginifolia
largeflower milkweed
speciesAsclepias connivens
nodding milkweed
speciesAsclepias elata
Lemmon's milkweed
speciesAsclepias lemmonii
tufted milkweed
speciesAsclepias nummularia
golden star-drops
speciesAsclepias aurea
Asclepias notha
speciesAsclepias notha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.163
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.161
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.447
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.455
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.277
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.981
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.342
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 6 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.37
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 27)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.7
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.56
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.240
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47906.