Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae / Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae

plural of milkweed

A milkweed native to the Central and North American tropics, the bloodflower, Asclepias curassavica L.

plural of tropical milkweed

plural of milkweed bug

(US) an insect, of the family Lygaeidae, that mostly feeds on the seeds and tissue of the milkweed plant (Asclepias).

Asclepias tuberosa, a milkweed native to eastern North America, with clustered orange flowers.

Asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.

Asclepias purpurascens, native to the central and midwestern United States. / Asclepias cordifolia, native to the west coast of the United States, the heartleaf milkweed.

Asclepias cordifolia, native to the mountains of the west coast states of the United States.