Asclepias speciosa

TaxID: 528299

Basic Information

Asclepias speciosa

Greek milkweed, Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), known commonly as the showy milkweed and is found in the western half of North America.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Gentianales

Apocynaceae

Asclepias

speciosa

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) tatudtink@BY-NC
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(c) Jason Singhurst@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) tnewman@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (0 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

No quarantine status records available.

Distribution (9 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Canada Present
Greece Present —
Lithuania Present —
Mexico Present —
Nicaragua Present —
Netherlands Present —
Portugal Present —
United States of America Present

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature