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 torch-smoke and the night-fires of flaming asclepias formed a canopy, sable above and livid red below, which hung over our heads like a sheet, and divided the cliffs into two equal parts.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley

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

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

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