Asclepias curassavica(ASCCU)
Overview Code created in: 2004-05-02
- EPPO Code: ASCCU
- Preferred name: Asclepias curassavica
- Authority: Linnaeus
Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northern to Paraguay). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Spain, Morocco, Greece, Canary Islands, and possibly other Euromediterranean countries, Western Asia (Iraq), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Japan, coastal West Africa to Zaïre to eastern Africa and Mozambique, USA (southern), South America (Argentina), Australia (Western, Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales)
WSSA list of weeds in North America
Regulated as an invasive species in Poland
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bastard ipecacuanha | English |
| blood flower | English |
| blood-flower milkweed | English (US) |
| butterfly weed | English (US) |
| Indian root | English |
| Mexican milkweed | English |
| orange milkweed | English |
| red-head cottonbush | English (AU) |
| silk flower | English |
| Curaçao-Seidenpflanze | German |
| Seidenpflanze | German |
| asclépiade de Curaçao | French |
| herbe à sang | French |
| ipéca sauvage | French |
| algodoncilla | Spanish |
| bandera española | Spanish (AR) |
| bencenuco | Spanish (CO) |
| calentura | Spanish |
| corcolito | Spanish |
| flor de la bandera española | Spanish |
| flor de la seda | Spanish |
| flor de sangre | Spanish |
| flor de sapo | Spanish (HN) |
| flor de seda | Spanish (BO) |
| fosforito | Spanish (BO) |
| hierba de cantil | Spanish (CO) |
| mal casada | Spanish (CO) |
| mata caballo | Spanish |
| palomitas | Spanish (CO) |
| sangria | Spanish (CO) |
| señorita | Spanish (CO) |
| viborán | Spanish |
| vinorama | Spanish (HN) |
| vivorana | Spanish (MX) |
| yerba de la calentura | Spanish (CU) |
| yuquilla | Spanish |
| yuquillo | Spanish |
| ipecauana delle Antille | Italian |
| pianta della seta a fiori rossi | Italian |
| algodão-de-seda | Portuguese (BR) |
| asclépias | Portuguese |
| capitão-de-sala | Portuguese (BR) |
| cega-olho | Portuguese (BR) |
| erva-de-rato falso | Portuguese (BR) |
| flor-de-sangue | Portuguese |
| margaridinha | Portuguese (BR) |
| oficial-da-sala | Portuguese |
| oficial-de-sala | Portuguese (BR) |
| paira-de-sapo | Portuguese (BR) |
| planta-da-seda | Portuguese |
| asukurepiasu | Japanese |
| tôwata | Japanese |
| アスクレピアス | Japanese |
| トウワタ | Japanese |
| ваточник кюрасавский | Russian |
| mǎ lì jīn | Chinese |
| 马利筋 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Gentianales (
1GENO )
Family
Apocynaceae (
1APOF )
Subfamily
Asclepiadoideae (
1ASCS )
Genus
Asclepias (
1ASCG )
Species
Asclepias curassavica (
ASCCU )