Asclepias curassavica
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- as-KLEE-pee-as kur-a-SA-vih-ka
- This plant has medium severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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Tender perennial grown as an annual; erect herb with milky juice;
Full sun; moist, fertile, well-drained soil; 2-ft. spread; attracts hummingbirds, bees, and moths
Found in: Weedy in disturbed areas, native or naturalized in waste places, roadsides, fields; landscape in flower gardens as herbaceous perennials
- Cultivars:
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- 'Red Butterfly'
- 'Silky Gold'
- 'Red Butterfly'
- Tags:
- Cultivars:
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- 'Red Butterfly'
- 'Silky Gold'
- 'Red Butterfly'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Asclepias
- Species:
- curassavica
- Family:
- Apocynaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Perennial
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Poisonous
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Capsule
- Fruit Description:
- fruit dry and inflated, erect, and with many hair-tufted seeds
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- Brilliant orange-red with yellow flowers in clusters; 5-parted
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Opposite
- Whorled
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- leaves simple, alternate, opposite, or whorled, narrow
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Naturalized Area
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Hummingbirds
- Moths
- Problems:
- Poisonous
