Asclepias tuberosa was created in 1753.
Asclepias welshii was created in 1979.
Asclepias fruticosa was created in 1753.
Asclepias curassavica was created in 1753.
The asclepias tuberose is a handsome butterfly which feeds on the tuberose.
The scientific name for milkweed is Asclepias.
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
Asclepias speciosa is commonly known as showy milkweed. It is one of the least toxic milkweed and is found across the US and Canada. Hummingbirds and monarch butterflies are attracted to it.
Milkweed is any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, esp. those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca.
Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Angiosperms Class: Eudicots/Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Asclepiadoideae Genus: Asclepias Species: Asclepias Syriaca