Any of several plants, of the genus Asclepias, that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts
a common North American plant that produces a bitter white substance when its stem is broken
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Family Asclepiadaceae, composed of about 2,000 species of flowering herbaceous plants or shrubby climbers in more than 280 genera. Most family members have milky juice, podlike fruits, and tufted silky-haired seeds that drift on wind currents to new locations for sprouting. Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and bloodflower (A. curassavica) often are cultivated as ornamentals. Hoya carnosa, commonly called wax plant because of its waxy white flowers, is often grown indoors as a potted plant. The family also includes some succulents, some pitcher plants, and butterfly weed