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Asclepias tuberosa L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 217 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Gentianales
family
Apocynaceae
genus
Asclepias
species
Asclepias tuberosa

Name

Synonyms
Asclepias tuberosa f. tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa var. interior (Woodson) Seymour
Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosus subsp. woodson
Homonyms
Asclepias tuberosa L.
Asclepias tuberosa hort. ex Kunze, 1847
Asclepias tuberosa Roxb.
Asclepias tuberosa hort.
Common names
Algodoncillo inmortal in Spanish
Butterfly Milkweed in English
Butterfly Milkweed in English
Butterfly-weed in English
Butterfly-weed in English
Canada root in English
Chieger-flower in English
Chieger-flower in English
Gumós Selyemkóró in Hungarian
Indian posy in English
Knolzijdeplant in Dutch
Pleurisy-root in English
Pleurisy-root in English
Trojeść bulwiasta in Polish
asclépiade tubéreuse in French
butterfly love in English
butterfly milkweed in English
butterfly milkweed in English
butterfly milkweed in English
butterfly-weed in English
butterfly-weed in English
butterflybush in English
butterflyweed in English
butterflyweed in language.
chieger flower in English
chieger-flower in English
chieger-flower in English
chiggerflower in English
fluxroot in English
glejovka hľuznatá in Slovak
glejovka hľúznatá in Slovak
inmortal in Spanish
karvasilkkiyrtti in Finnish
klejicha hlíznatá in Czech
knollige Seidenpflanze in German
knollige Seidenpflanze in German
mugul-askleepias in Estonian
orange glory flower in English
orange milkweed in English
orange root in English
orange sidenört in Swedish
orange sidenört in Swedish
orange silkeplante in Danish
orange swallow-wort in English
pleurisy root in English
pleurisy-root in English
pleurisy-root in English
silky swallow-wort in English
tuber root in English
tvffo em ohliketv in language.
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