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Definition: Asclepias purpurascens

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers.[Wordnet].

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Extended Definition: Asclepias purpurascens


Asclepias purpurascens

Purple milkweed

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: A. purpurascens
Binomial name
Asclepias purpurascens
L.

Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) is a species of milkweed.

References

  • Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

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