"silkweed" | Definition and Related Words

silkweed

Noun

Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts (synset 113254625)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
subtypes:
- asclepias albicans, white milkweed - tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
- asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort - tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
- asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed - milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
- asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed - densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
- asclepia meadii, asclepias meadii, mead's milkweed - milkweed of central North America; a threatened species
- asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed - perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
- asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed - milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
- asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed - milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
- asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root - erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
- asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed - milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
belongs to: asclepias, genus asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

same as: milkweed

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