Northern Ontario Plant Database

Synonymy

Synonymy - Asclepias syriaca

Apocynaceae Dogbane Family

Asclepias syriaca L.
common milkweed, silky swallowwort, silkweed ; Fr: petits cochons, asclépiade commune, herbe à coton ; Ojibway (Anishinabe): ninwish, nenwesh, ininiwa/inzh, zhaabozigan

• [=Asclepias apocinum Gaterau]
• [=Asclepias cornuti Decne. in DC., nom. illeg.]
• [=Asclepias intermedia Vail]
• [=Asclepias kansana Vail]
• [=Asclepias pubescens Moench, nom. illeg. hom., non L.]
• [=Asclepias pubigera Dumort., nom. illeg.]
• [=Asclepias ramosa Moench, nom. illeg]
• [=Asclepias syriaca L. forma inermis J.R.Churchill]
• [=Asclepias syriaca L. forma leucantha Dore]
• [=Asclepias syriaca L. forma polyphylla B.Boivin]
• [=Asclepias syriaca L. var. kansana (Vail) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.]