What is Asclepias speciosa?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Showy Milkweed |image = Asclepias speciosa1jakesmome.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. speciosa''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias speciosa'' |binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]] |}} '''''Asclepias speciosa''''' (also known as the '''showy milkweed''' or '''Greek milkweed''') is a species of '''milkweed''' plant. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to western [[North America]]. It [[bloom]]s from May to July. This species is found in [[savanna]]s, [[prairie]]s, [[meadow]]s, and fields. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias speciosa}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias speciosa}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Asclepias speciosa'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?583,586,599 ''Asclepias speciosa'' at Treatment from the Jepson Manual] *[http://www.evergreen.ca/nativeplants/search/view-plant.php?ID=00108&query=%20AND%20common_name%20LIKE%20%27%24Showy%20Milkweed%24%27%20%20AND%20genus%20LIKE%20%27%24Asclepias%24%27%20%20AND%20species%20LIKE%20%27%24speciosa%24%27%20:0 ''Asclepias speciosa'' at Evergreen Native Plant Database]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|s]]