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milkweed family — noun widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice • Syn: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑asclepiadaceous (for: ↑Asclepiadaceae) … Useful english dictionary
milkweed family — the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne… … Universalium
horsetail milkweed — noun milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑poison milkweed, ↑Asclepias subverticillata • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun : whorled milkweed … Useful english dictionary
dwarf milkweed — noun : whorled milkweed … Useful english dictionary
marsh milkweed — noun North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple • Syn: ↑Joe Pye weed, ↑purple boneset, ↑trumpet weed, ↑Eupatorium purpureum • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
Asclepias — Milkweed redirects here. For other uses, see Milkweed (disambiguation). Asclepias Asclepias syriaca showing flowers and latex like sap. Scientific classification … Wikipedia
List of Canadian plants by family A — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Acanthaceae * Justicia americana common water willow Aceraceae * Acer circinatum vine maple * Acer… … Wikipedia
Wildflowers of Soldiers Delight — The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about convert|1900|acre|km2 of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. cite web url = http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiers.html title = Soldiers Delight Natural… … Wikipedia
Monarch (butterfly) — Monarch Female Male … Wikipedia
Asclepias verticillata — Taxobox name = Whorled milkweed regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Apocynaceae subfamilia = Asclepiadoideae genus = Asclepias species = A. verticillata binomial = Asclepias verticillata… … Wikipedia
