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 |
|---|---|
| mǎ lì jīn | Chinese |
| 马利筋 | Chinese |
| bastard ipecacuanha | English |
| blood flower | English |
| Indian root | English |
| Mexican milkweed | English |
| orange milkweed | English |
| silk flower | English |
| red-head cottonbush | English (AU) |
| blood-flower milkweed | English (US) |
| butterfly weed | English (US) |
| asclépiade de Curaçao | French |
| herbe à sang | French |
| ipéca sauvage | French |
| Curaçao-Seidenpflanze | German |
| Seidenpflanze | German |
| ipecauana delle Antille | Italian |
| pianta della seta a fiori rossi | Italian |
| asukurepiasu | Japanese |
| tôwata | Japanese |
| アスクレピアス | Japanese |
| トウワタ | Japanese |
| asclépias | Portuguese |
| flor-de-sangue | Portuguese |
| oficial-da-sala | Portuguese |
| planta-da-seda | Portuguese |
| algodão-de-seda | Portuguese (BR) |
| capitão-de-sala | Portuguese (BR) |
| cega-olho | Portuguese (BR) |
| erva-de-rato falso | Portuguese (BR) |
| margaridinha | Portuguese (BR) |
| oficial-de-sala | Portuguese (BR) |
| paira-de-sapo | Portuguese (BR) |
| ваточник кюрасавский | Russian |
| algodoncilla | Spanish |
| calentura | Spanish |
| corcolito | Spanish |
| flor de la bandera española | Spanish |
| flor de la seda | Spanish |
| flor de sangre | Spanish |
| mata caballo | Spanish |
| viborán | Spanish |
| yuquilla | Spanish |
| yuquillo | Spanish |
| bandera española | Spanish (AR) |
| flor de seda | Spanish (BO) |
| fosforito | Spanish (BO) |
| bencenuco | Spanish (CO) |
| hierba de cantil | Spanish (CO) |
| mal casada | Spanish (CO) |
| palomitas | Spanish (CO) |
| sangria | Spanish (CO) |
| señorita | Spanish (CO) |
| yerba de la calentura | Spanish (CU) |
| flor de sapo | Spanish (HN) |
| vinorama | Spanish (HN) |
| vivorana | Spanish (MX) |
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 )