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Scientific or common name:

Asclepias curassavica L.


ASCLEPIADACEAE Family selection - Milkweed family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Asclepias curassavica L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 215 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Bloodflower
en English name: bastard ipecacuana
English name: bastard-ipecac
Spanish name: yuquillo
French name: ipéca sauvage
Italian name: Asclepias di Cuaraçao
German name: Indianer-Seidenpflanze

Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species:


Page counter: 1942 ( AVG: 218.81 / 217.747 )



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Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Habitat at Kaneapua Rock, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Habitat at Kaneapua Rock, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers and leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Long Key, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Long Key, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Habitat at Kaneapua Rock, Lanai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers and leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
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Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
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Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Flowers at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, FL, HI, LA, TN, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Asclepias decumbens (Nutt.) Decne. [168]
2) Asclepias emoryi (Greene) Vail [237]
3) Asclepias engelmanniana Woodson [249]
4) Asclepias exaltata L. [279]
5) Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson [226]
6) Asclepias incarnata L. [608]
7) Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A. Gray [267]
8) Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr. [1251]
9) Asclepias ruthiae Maguire [205]
10) Asclepias variegata L. [333]

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