- purple milkweed
- noun
: a tall No. American perennial herb (Asclepias purpurascens) with a terminal umbel of red or purple flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
purple milkweed
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purple boneset — noun North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple • Syn: ↑Joe Pye weed, ↑trumpet weed, ↑marsh milkweed, ↑Eupatorium purpureum • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
purple silkweed — noun perennial of eastern North America having pink purple flowers • Syn: ↑Asclepias purpurascens • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed … Useful english dictionary
milkweed — milk•weed [[t]ˈmɪlkˌwid[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Asclepias, characterized by a milky juice, clusters of white to purple flowers, and pods filled with silky tufted seeds 2) pln any of various other plants having a milky… … From formal English to slang
Swamp Milkweed — Taxobox name = Swamp Milkweed image width = 260px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Apocynaceae subfamilia = Asclepiadoideae genus = Asclepias species = A. incarnata binomial = Asclepias … Wikipedia
swamp milkweed — noun densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers • Syn: ↑Asclepias incarnata • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun or swamp silkweed : a No. America … Useful english dictionary
showy milkweed — noun milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers • Syn: ↑Asclepias speciosa • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun : a silky white No. American perennial herb (Asclepias speciosa) with opposite oval leaves … Useful english dictionary
swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball like clusters of rose purple flowers. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
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 genus — Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada s biodiversity, this page is divided.Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic.… … Wikipedia
