Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias syriaca

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Asclepias syriaca L.
Engl.: common milkweed, purple silkweed, common silkweed, cottonweed, milkweed, silkweed, silky swallowwort, Syrian milkweed, Syrian silkweed, virginia-silk, wild cotton.
Deu.: Gemeine Seidenpflanze, Gewöhnliche Seidenpflanze, Seidenpflanze.
Fran.: herbe à la ouate.
Sven.: sidenört.
Suom.: mesisilkkiyrtti.
Bot. syn.: Asclepias cornuti Decne., Asclepias intermedia Vail, Asclepias kansana Vail.

Edible milkweeds.

Botanical name: 
Asclepias syriaca

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