What is Asclepias curassavica?
{{Italictitle}} {{speciesbox |image = Asclepias curassavica-Thekkady-2016-12-03-001.jpg |status = G5 |status_system = TNC |status_ref = |genus = Asclepias |species = curassavica |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms = ''Asclepias nivea'' var. ''curassavica'' <small>(L.) Kuntze</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=eol-synonym>{{ Cite encyclopedia | title = Synonyms of Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Life | url = http://eol.org/pages/581283/names/synonyms | access-date = 2014-03-22 }}</ref> }} '''''Asclepias curassavica''''' (also known as the '''scarlet milkweed''', '''Mexican butterfly weed''', or '''bloodflower''') is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] [[plant]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It [[wikt:native|comes from]] [[Central America]] and [[South America]]. It grows many places in the world. It gets flowers from spring to fall. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias curassavica}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias curassavica}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Asclepias curassavica'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?583,586,592 ''Asclepias curassavica'' at Treatment from the Jepson Manual] *[http://www.floridata.com/ref/A/ascl_cur.cfm ''Asclepias curassavica'' at FLORIDATA] {{Taxonbar|from=Q939991}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Asclepias|c]] {{biology-stub}}