Asclepias

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Asclepias

  • Description

    Genus Description - Erect herbs. Leaves opposite or whorled, petiolate; stipules minute, interpetiolar. Flowers in axillary or terminal, long-peduncled umbels; calyx with 5 deeply parted sepals; corolla of 5 early reflexed petals, united at base; corona of parts, each composed of hood, horn, and appendage; stamens united with the fleshy stigma head; ovary of 2 free carpels, united at the stigma head, each carpel with many ovules. Fruit of 2 follicles with numerous seeds with a long tuft of hairs at apex.

  • Distribution

    A predominantly North American genus of 120 species.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|