'Asclepias syriaca' is the scientific, Latin or binomial name for 'common milkweed'. Other common names include 'Butterfly flower', 'Silkweed', 'Silky Swallow-wort', and 'Virginia Silkweed'. But whether the scientific or common names are used, the wildflower is colorfully attractive to Monarch Butterflies [Danaus plexippus], distasteful to wildlife, and popular and unpopular with environmentalists.
Specifically, it's an environmentally useful plant. For example, above-ground plant parts if thoroughly cooked may be eaten. Nectar may serve as natural sweetener. Seed oil may be converted into the cinamic acid of the best sunscreens.
But the plant also may be downright environmentally unfriendly. Granted it's critical to the survival of Monarchs. Granted it tends to clear an area of foraging and predatory wildlife. Granted there tends therefore to be less damage to other herbaceous and woody plants.
But just as the plant is selective in whom it feeds, so is it selective about whom it shares space with. It's a colorful, enthusiastic ground cover that's responsible for better looks and better soil health to such disturbed areas as roadsides, old fields and ditches. But it may not be a big fan of or help to area biodiversity.
The scientific name for common milkweed is Asclepias syriaca.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepias syriaca.
The scientific name for milkweed is Asclepias.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepias spp.
Jawbone is the common name. The scientific name for jawbone is mandible.
Danaus plexippus.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepias syriaca.
The scientific name for milkweed is Asclepias.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepiasspp.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepias spp.
The accepted scientific name is Euchaetes egle.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Asclepias curassavica.
There is common milkweed, purple milkweed, tropical milkweed, and swamp milkweed.
Jawbone is the common name. The scientific name for jawbone is mandible.
Danaus plexippus.
The Indian name for milkweed is "Akada" in Hindi.
The common scientific name for Ascaris worm is Ascaris lumbricoides.
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