asclepias

British  

/ əˈskliːpɪəs /

noun

1. Sometimes called: milkweed.  any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae

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Etymology

Origin of asclepias

Greek asklēpias swallowwort

Example Sentences

They include various asclepias, tithonia, giant coneflower and the Maryland wild senna, the last a native plant deserving much more garden use.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2019

The short streets, after rain, are almost impassable on account of the many puddles, and are choked up with weeds—leguminous shrubs, and scarlet-flowered asclepias.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

This part had been covered with beautiful flowers, such as sunflowers, red and orange-coloured poppies, and asclepias.

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

Sims' Island furnished a very large addition to Mr. Cunningham's collection, and among the flowers which it produced was a very beautiful sweet-scented asclepias.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker

She hoped also to gather some useful plants,—such as the shkoa, a spinach-like vegetable; asclepias; apotz, a fever-medicine of the genus artemesia, and many other medicinal herbs known to the Indian and used by him.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse