Taxon: Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Common names:

• Greek milkweed   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• showy milkweed   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• Pracht-Seidenpflanze   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• praktsidenört   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: potential as fiber   (fide Zeller & Knudsen 1996)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Intermt F)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Asclepias speciosa from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Michigan, Ohio [n.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
• Zeller, R. D. & H. D. Knudsen. 1996. Proc. Ninth Intern. Conf. Jojoba & Third Intern. Conf. Industr. Crops. 398–402.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asclepias speciosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asclepias speciosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Asclepias speciosa.

Check other web resources for Asclepias speciosa Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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