Species
Tropical milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
Varieties
3 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| redBSI-H39100 | — |
| Details |
| Red ButterflyBSI-FL45246 | — |
| Details |
| YellowBSI-FL74047 | — |
| Details |
Asclepias curassavica is a tender perennial often treated as an annual. Upright stems bear clusters of orange-red flowers, and damaged tissues release milky sap.
Botanical characteristics
Its warm-climate persistence differs from that of hardy temperate milkweeds. The plant is toxic if ingested.
Red and yellow reference labels
Red Butterfly, Red and Yellow retain separate selection labels for ornamental seed assortments.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Asclepias curassavica
- Common names
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- bastard ipecacuana
- bastard-ipecac
- blood-flower
- bloodflower
- bloodflower milkweed
- butterfly weed
- cottonbush
- false ipecac
- hierba de la cucaracha
- ipecacuanha
- ipecacuanha hippety- iguana
- ipecacuanha hippetyiguana
- madagascar cottonbush
- milkweed
- milky cottonbush
- red milkweed
- red-cotton
- redhead
- redhead cottonbush
- scarlet milkweed
- swallowwort
- tropical milkweed
- tropical milkweed
- bloodflower
- scarlet milkweed
- wallflower cottonbush
- west indian ipecacuana
- wild ipecac
- wild ipecacuanha
- wild oleander
- Synonyms
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- asclepias aurantiaca
- asclepias bicolor
- asclepias cubensis
- asclepias curassavica concolor
- asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora
- asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora
- asclepias curassavica flaviflora
- asclepias curassavica kentingensis
- asclepias curassavica pallidiflora
- asclepias curassavica var. concolor
- asclepias margaritacea
- asclepias nivea curassavica
- asclepias nivea var. curassavica
- asclepias syriaca
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Species
- Asclepias curassavica