Species
Some Asclepias species:
| Asclepias albicans | Whitestem milkweed | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Blunt-leaved milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope horns | |
| Asclepias californica | California milkweed | |
| Asclepias cordifolia | Heart-leaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias cryptoceras | Pallid milkweed | |
| Asclepias curassavica | Scarlet milkweed, Tropical milkweed, Bloodroot, Bloodflower, Bastard Ipecacuanha | |
| Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod milkweed | |
| Asclepias erosa | Desert milkweed | |
| Asclepias exaltata | Poke milkweed | |
| Asclepias fascicularis | Narrow leaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias fruticosa syn. Gomphocarpus fruticosus | swan plant, African milkweed | |
| Asclepias humistrata | Sandhill milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed | |
| Asclepias lanceolata | Lanceolate milkweed (Cedar Hill milkweed) | |
| Asclepias linaria | Pine needle milkweed | |
| Asclepias linearis | Slim milkweed | |
| Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf milkweed | |
| Asclepias meadii | Mead's milkweed | |
| Asclepias nyctaginifolia | Mojave milkweed | |
| Asclepias obovata | Pineland milkweed | |
| Asclepias physocarpa | Balloonplant, Balloon Cotton-bush, Giant Swan Plant, Swan Plant | |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple milkweed | |
| Asclepias quadrifolia | Four-leaved milkweed | |
| Asclepias rubra | Red milkweed | |
| Asclepias solanoana | Serpentine milkweed | |
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy milkweed | |
| Asclepias subulata | Rush milkweed, Leafless milkweed | |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail milkweed | |
| Asclepias sullivantii | Sullivant's milkweed | |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Indian Paintbrush, Butterfly weed, Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias uncialis | Wheel milkweed | |
| Asclepias variegata | White milkweed | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed | |
| Asclepias vestita | Woolly milkweed | |
| Asclepias vincetoxicum | ||
| Asclepias viridiflora | ||
| Asclepias viridis | Green milkweed | |
| Asclepias welshii | Welsh's milkweed |
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