Asclepias tuberosa L.

name cited:
Asclepias tuberosa L.

drawing: P. Bessa

family: Asclepiadaceae
subfamily: Asclepioideae
tribe: Asclepiadeae

epithet: tuberosus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=412656

homotypic synonyms:
Asclepias tuberosa var. decumbens (L.) Pursh; Asclepias tuberosa f. decumbens (L.) Voss;
heterotypic synonyms:
Acerates decumbens Decne.; Asclepias decumbens L.; Asclepias elliptica Raf.; Asclepias lutea Raf.; Asclepias revoluta Raf.; Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail;