Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias speciosa Torr. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
greek milkweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
showy milkweed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asclepias douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 53 (1837).
Asclepias giffordii Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 150 (1931).
Asclepias longicornis Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 65 (1855).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias speciosa Torr.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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