any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
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white milkweed, Asclepias albicans
blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias curassavica
poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata
swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii, Asclepia meadii
purple silkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa
poison milkweed, horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata
butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa
whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata