Directory of Asclepias Resources

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The common name of many species in this genus is "milkweed."

Subcategories

• Asclepias incarnata
• Asclepias tuberosa

Resources in This Category

• A Close-up View of Common Milkweed

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb05/bjmilkweed.html
  Photographic study by Brian Johnston of Asclepias syriaca, with fine images of its flowers and all its intricate parts.

• Asclepias

  http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/ascle072.html
  Short description of the genus, with emphasis on medicinal qualities and uses.

• Asclepias amplexicaulis

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASAM
  Clasping Milkweed.

• Asclepias curassavica

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0131-1.html
  images

• Asclepias curassavica: Cancerillo

  http://www.rain-tree.com/asclepia.htm
  Description and several photographs of this subshrub and information on its herbal properties, tribal and herbal medicine uses, the chemicals it contains and its worldwide ethnomedical uses.

• Asclepias purpurascens

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASPU2
  Purple Milkweed.

• Asclepias quadrifolia

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASQU
  Fourleaf Milkweed.

• Asclepias rubra

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASRU
  Red Milkweed.

• Asclepias speciosa

  http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/asc_spe_fl.jpg
  image

• Asclepias speciosa

  http://www.rain-tree.com/Plant-Images/asclepias-pic.htm
  Several photographs of this species.

• Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASSP
  Description, photograph, U.S. distribution, and other information.

• Asclepias subulata

  http://www.azarboretum.org/plantlist/desertmilkweed.htm
  Photograph of the Desert Milkweed and cultural information.

• Asclepias sullivantii (Prairie Milkweed)

  http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/pr_milkweedx.htm
  Physical characteristics, range, habitat, and faunal associations. Includes images.

• Asclepias syriaca

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Asclepias_syriaca.html
  Uses and description of Common Milkweed.

• Asclepias syriaca

  http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ASSY
  Common Milkweed.

• Narrow-leaved Milkweed: Asclepias stenophylla

  http://www.kswildflower.org/flower_details.php?flowerID=114
  Description, photographs and uses.

 

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