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	Asclepias syriaca  L.

APG-Fam.: Apocynaceae / Periwinkle Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Asclepiadaceae / Milkweed Fam.

Genus:  Asclepias  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Asclepias:		Greek plant name
	syriaca:		from Syria

Fig. 1:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 2:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 3:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 4:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 5:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 6:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 7:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 8:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 9:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 10:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 5.7.2010

Fig. 11:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 23.6.2010

Fig. 12:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 23.6.2010

Fig. 13:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 14:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 15:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 16:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 17:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 18:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 19:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed D Waghäusel 30.7.2009

Fig. 20:  Asclepias syriaca / Purple Silkweed (at the edge of a dear feeding sowing) D Rauenberg 29.5.2022

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