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Asclepias curassavica L.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Blood-flower
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Trop. America
- Habitat:
- Description: Showy perennial to 1 m with woody base, stems with milky sap; oblanceolate leaves 5-15 cm long, the flowers in umbels with reflexed, 5 parted corolla brilliant red-purple, exposing the crown of 5 orange horned hoods.
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
 Accession Data:- Accession # 198500664
- Source: Unknown
- Recorded Vouchers: CONN Accession #: 129354
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-16-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
- Tribe: Asclepiadeae
- SubTribe: Asclepiadinae
References:Exotica by AB Graf
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