Photo: Asclepias curassavica 5.

Flower cluster. Brussels bot.g., Belgium. Greenhouse. 2008-06-05.
Asclepias curassavica L. Engl.: blood flower, bastard ipecac, bastard ipecacuanha, blood-weed, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false ipecac, garden silkweed, Indian root, milkweed, redhead, scarlet milkweed, tropical milkweed, vegetable silk. Deu.: Indiander-Seidenpflanze. Suom.: punasilkkiyrtti. Sven.: röd sidenört. Fran.: ipéca sauvage, asclépiade de Curaçao. Dutch: koningsbloempje. Span.: algodoncillo, corcalito, flor de sangre, yuquillo. Bot. syn.: Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze
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Photo: Asclepias curassavica 5.