The asclepias tuberose is a handsome butterfly which feeds on the tuberose.
butterfly milkweed
Tuberose being a monocot has parallel leaf venation.
Asclepias tuberosa was created in 1753.
Asclepias welshii was created in 1979.
Asclepias fruticosa was created in 1753.
Asclepias curassavica was created in 1753.
Rajnigandha Flower is called Tuberose in English.
The scientific name for milkweed is Asclepias.
butterfly milkweed
The main use of the Tuberose plant in cosmetics is for perfume because it has a nice smell to it. Tuberose is nick-named the "Night Queen" and "Mistress of the Night" because it only blooms at night.
There's no one color standard for milkweed [Asclepiasspp]. Specifically, the stems tend to be green. But then exceptions include the white stemmed wax [Asclepias albicans] and the woolly stemmed California [Asclepias californica] milkweeds.The flowers tend to be vivid. For example, there's the orange blooming of the butterfly weed [Asclepias tuberosa]. There's the pink blossoming of rose or swamp milkweed [Asclepias incarnata]. There's the purple flowering of the heart leaf milkweed [Asclepias cordifolia].But there are exceptions. There's the light greenish yellowish flowering of antelope horn milkweed [Asclepias asperula]. There's also the creamy white blooming of the rush [Asclepias subulata] and whorled or horsetail [Asclepias verticillata] milkweeds.
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias syriaca