| Accepted name: |
Asclepias syriaca L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Asclepias curassavica L.
-Asclepias cornuti Decne.
|
| English names: |
Silkweed
Common Milkweed
|
| French names: |
Asclépiade commune
|
| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
|
| OPL Code: |
HASCSY
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
|
| Ecosystem: |
|
| Microhabitat: |
|
| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of root taken with root of "virgin's bower" for backache.Rubbed on warts to remove them.Infusion of root taken for venereal diseases.Infusion given for "milksick (mastitis)."(*30)(3) |
| Key Characters: |
- |
|
