Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr.
ASCLEPIADACEAE
- Milkweed family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr.
Nomencl. ref.: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(5, Beibl. 54): 8 (1896)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Balloonplant
English name: balloon cottonbush English name: bladderbush
Italian name: Asclepias con frutto rigonfio
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Asclepias
Species:
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Asclepias physocarpa
Habit at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
With monarch butterfly larva at Honokanaia, Kahoolawe - 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 physocarpa
Fruit at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Seeds and pappus at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
With monarch butterfly larva at Honokanaia, Kahoolawe - 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 physocarpa
Habit at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Fruit and aphids at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Habit at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Flowers at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Habit at Haleakala Ranch, 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 physocarpa
Habit with seeds at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Flowers at Auwahi, 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 physocarpa
Fruit at Auwahi, 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.
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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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2) Asclepias procera Aiton [177]
3) Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd. [127]
4) Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail [162]
5) Asclepias sanjuanensis K.D. Heil, J.M. Porter & S.L. Welsh [136]
6) Asclepias syriaca L. [2587]
7) Asclepias tuberosa L. var. interior (Woodson) Shinners [140]
8) Asclepias viridiflora Raf. [299]
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10) Asimina pulchella (Small) G.A. Zimmerman [190]
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