Definition of Asclepias speciosa

1. Noun. Milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers.

Exact synonyms: Showy Milkweed
Generic synonyms: Milkweed, Silkweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Speciosa

Aschner-Dagnini reflex
Aschoff bodies
Aschoff body
Aschoff cell
Aschoff nodules
Ascidiaceae
Asclepia meadii
Asclepiad
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa (current term)
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepius
Ascoli
Ascoli's test
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli reaction
Ascomycota
Ascophyllum
Ascophyllum nodosum
Aseem
Aselli

Literary usage of Asclepias speciosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rubber-content of North American Plants by Harvey Monroe Hall, Frances Louise Long (1921)
"Asclepias speciosa (SHOWY MILKWEED). Description.—Plant a robust, erect perennial herb, 4 to 6 feet high ; roots connected by deep horizontal branches, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed. (Fig. 2915.) Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lye. NY 2: 218. 1826. A. Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:53. pi. 132. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lye. NY 2: 218 (1827). Asclepias Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 53, /. 75.2(1834). 3110. Asclepias Sullivantii Engelm. ; A. ..."

4. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"3107. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. Obs. Part 2, 8, /. jj (1767). 3108. Asclepias rubra L. Sp. Pl. 217 (1753). 3109. Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lyc. ..."

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