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Definition of Asclepias speciosa
1. Noun. Milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Speciosa
Literary usage of Asclepias speciosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rubber-content of North American Plants by Harvey Monroe Hall, Frances Louise Long (1921)
"Asclepias speciosa (SHOWY MILKWEED). Description.—Plant a robust, erect perennial
herb, 4 to 6 feet high ; roots connected by deep horizontal branches, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Asclepias speciosa Torr. Showy Milkweed. (Fig. 2915.) Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Ann. Lye. NY 2: 218. 1826. A. Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:53. pi. 132. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lye. NY 2: 218 (1827). Asclepias Douglasii Hook.
Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 53, /. 75.2(1834). 3110. Asclepias Sullivantii Engelm. ; A. ..."
4. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"3107. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. Obs. Part 2, 8, /. jj (1767). 3108. Asclepias rubra
L. Sp. Pl. 217 (1753). 3109. Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lyc. ..."
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