Asclepias
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| Asclepias Asclepias in bloom, showing pollinators Conway, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
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Asclepias, the milkweeds, is a genus of plants in the family Asclepiadaceae that contains many species, usually an important nectar source for bees and other nectar seeking insects, and a larval food source for monarch butterflies.
- Some Asclepias species:
- A. amplexicaulis - Blunt-leaved milkweed.
- A. exaltata - Poke milkweed.
- A. incarnata - Swamp milkweed.
- A. lanceolata - Lanceolate milkweed.
- A. purpurasens - Purple milkweed.
- A. quadrifolia - Four-leaved milkweed.
- A. rubra - Red milkweed.
- A. speciosa - Showy milkweed.
- A. sullivantii - Sullivant's milkweed.
- A. syriaca - Common milkweed.
- A. tuberosa - Butterfly weed.
- A. variegata - White milkweed.
- A. verticillata Whorled milkweed.
'The Asclepias Genus' is also being used in medical research. see http://www.terapeta.net/asclepias.pdf.
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