Asclepias curassavica L., Sp. Pl. 215 1753. (Syn: Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb.; Asclepias bicolor Moench; Asclepias cubensis Wender.; Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urb.; Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada; Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schult.; Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze); bloodflower, false ipecac, Indian root, scarlet milkweed, silkweed • Hindi: काकाटुन्डी kakatundi, kaura dodi • Kuki: langthlei • Manipuri: ক্ৰিশ্নচূৰা krishnachura • Marathi: पिवळा चित्रक pivla chitrak, हळद कुंकूं halad kunku; Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: April 8, 2018 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Asclepias curassavica L. 'Silky Gold' Plain tiger butterfly on Scarlet Milkweed flower: Sending photos of Plain tiger butterfly feeding on Scarlet Milkweed flower. This plant is also the food plant of the caterpillars of this butterfly.
Place : Ovalekarwadi butterfly garden, Thane Dt. Maharashtra.
Date : 12.12.10 10 a.m. botanical name of the plant : Asclepias curassavica family of the plant : Asclepiadaceae Habitat of the plant : Cultivated - This is the Blood Flower [Asclepias curassavica]. - Asclepias curassavica (Marathi Halad kunku or Pivla Chitrak) - In marathi it ia haladi-kunku. - Asclepias curassavica, Extreeeeeeeemely poisonous.... Unknwon plants from Assam KD 02 Feb'17 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Attached images are unknwon sp. Please Id the plant. Date :08.02.2017 Location: Assam Family : Apocynaceae(??)/ Euphorbiaceae(??)/ Asclepiadiaceae (???) Genus & species : ?? Habitat: Grows wild on waste places. Habit : Herb, Latex present Asclepias curassavica... Asclepias curassavica L. : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location: Location Kurintar, Nepal Elevation : 900 ft. Date : 12 April 2012 Habit : Wild Nepali Names : खुर्सानी कोशे फूल Khursaani Koshe Phool / हिरालाल Hiraalaal / माछा फूल Maachhaa Phool / मदाने Madaane / शनिखार Shanikhaar The Catalogue of Life says wrong ID. What do you mean by "The Catalogue of Life says wrong ID " ? It is an accepted name as per this: I might have checked Asclepias curassavica Griseb. My mistake! Asclepias curassavica :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 08 APR 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: April 8, 2018 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Asclepias curassavica L. Thanks very much ... for the appreciation. More pictures from today's visit ... 2 images. Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 08 APR 18 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 5 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: April 8, 2018 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Asclepias curassavica L. 'Silky Gold' Additional pictures from today's visit, showing seed dispersal ... 2 images. 220211 Request for species id DKV-1: Mhow, Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh Species id please. I have seen this plant growing on the banks of streams. - Re-sized the same, found at Kaas. Also commonly known as Shooting Star. - A google search led me to this: http://www.rain-tree.com/asclepia.htm - Asclepias curassavica known as blood flower, native to tropical America. Flora of Chakrata: Asclepias curassavica fron Chakrata: Asclepias curassavica from Chakrata asclepias curassavica is common plant now, rather a weed in Maharashtra specially around Pune. Abundandly available in marshy places. In North Indian plains also spreading fastly particularly in foot hills Yes along Yamuna barage lake sir this was taken last year somewhere near sahiya pls validate This is Asclepias curassavica indeed, except for the flower color which is unusual for me, may be it is common for nurseries, I am seeing this first time, Yellow Blood Flower - 180712 - RK: Was surprised to see Asclepias curassavica in this colour. This was growing in a garden. Pics taken 17/07/12 at 3pm in Bangalore. Ht about 41/2 ' very nice, esp the pappus... May I suggest that : color changes in flowers often I think may be due to changes in the pH of the soil or micronutrients dded or deficiency, as we often see in Hydrangeas... Asclepias curassavica images from Coimbatore: Sharing the images of Asclepias curassavica from Anaikatti, Coimbatore. Date: 22.12.2011 Location: NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore Habitat: Garden Habit: Herb nice milkweed... did you see any butterfly eggs on or near it? Asclepias curassavica - Scarlet Milkweed Found along roadsides during April-May Its a Asclepias curassavica common name is Scarlet Milkweed. Yes ID is correct, but I would be very much interested to know where is this Garden of Kashmir. I have never seen this plant in Kashmir. Place: BR Hills, Karnataka Date: 20 July 2013 Habit: herb, a foot in height Habitat: moist deciduous forest, growing at the base of a Michelia campaca tree Asclepias curassavica L. (Asclepiadaceae) Blood Flower - Vienna, Virginia - 16/06/2013 - 10 am local time. was delighted to spot this:) Asclepias curassavica L. Fam: Asclepiadaceae near Hosur, krishnagiri Dt , Tamilnadu, altitude 800mflowering shrub near waterstreams Yelagiri flora 030914 TBN 1 for id:: Sep TBN 4 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Please identify this plant details of which are as follows: Date : 30.08.14 Location :Yelagiri hills, near Vellore, TN Altitude :3000ft Habitat :wild near stream Habit :shrub Height :3 ft Leaves : Flowers :as seen along KSH 34 between Anshi & Joida :: Asclepias curassavica :: DVFEB37/70 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images. along Karnataka State Highway No. 34 ... between Anshi and Joida Date: 21 FEB 2012 ... Altitude: about 475 m asl Asclepias curassavica L. ... (family: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae) Nice pictures of 'Halad - Kunku' flowers. asclepias curassavica @ Paderu forest near Vizag in AP with Yellow flower not regular red. very nice. do you have side views of this flower? its considered a weed but i have also seen it grown in home garden tubs, hence the following : is this wild or cultivated. It was near a village in the forest. Might be in cultivation as ornamental. Escaped from cultivation. Photo 2 has few flowers in side view. Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' It is my pleasure to share few images of Asclepias curassavica (Apocynaceae) Habit: An Undershrub Habitat: Wild, Wasteland by the roads Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl Date: 13-06-2015, 25-06-2015 and 16-09-2015 Thanks for this post too ... it is very difficult to get good resolution pics of this species..!! Thanks ... You are right. The intense colours often results in smudgy images. Asclepias curassavica L. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 700 kb each. Location Kurintar, Nepal Elevation : 900 ft. Date : 12 April 2012 Habit : Wild Nepali Names : खुर्सानी कोशे फूल Khursaani Koshe Phool / हिरालाल Hiraalaal / माछा फूल Maachhaa Phool / मदाने Madaane / शनिखार Shanikhaar The Catalogue of Life says wrong ID. Flower for Id -ID02042018SH2 : 19 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) - 4 MB. Flower for id pl. Location - Dattaji Salvi Garden, Thane (Maharashtra) Date - March. 2018 Asclepias curassavica हळदी कुंकू But in हळदी कुंकू flowers, corolla is red! I can't see it here ...? Pl. see Yes ..., but somehow in my image (and few other images taken), I couldn't see the red corolla. Hence I was wondering about the id. I see some images in Google search with yellow alone - a cultivar of Asclepias curassavica ... Silky Gold. Have not checked whether there are more such cultivars Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' As per ... it is Aslepias tuberosa.. Thanks ...; did not know about A. tuberosa. Hopefully I will visit this garden tomorrow, if time favours.At Wikipedia, there is an interesting note - and may help resolve the ID ... is uniquely identified by the larger number of flowers, and the hairy stems that are not milky when broken. Thanks .. Yes, hopefully this will resove the id confusion ..., I had been to garden today morning (8.4.18). Found the yellow coloured Asclepias. The stem was clearly not hairy, white sap oozed when I plucked a leaf. Thus it must be cultivar of A. curassavica and most probably Silky Gold. I will return to this post and attach the pictures in short while Posting pictures of yellow coloured Asclepias curassavica - of the same site that ... visited ... the stem is not hairy, and the white sap is seen. SYMBIOSIS : 1209 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Plain Tiger visiting flowers of Asclepias curassavica. SYMBIOSIS : 1212 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Wasp visiting flowers of Asclepias curassavica.
Asclepias curassavica :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 12 DEC 19 : 3 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: December 12, 2019 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Asclepias curassavica L. ... family: Asclepiadaceae ~ Apocynaceae milkweed Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan :: 12 DEC 19 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. Dattaji Salvi Udyan Thane Date: December 12, 2019 ... Altitude: about 11 m (36 feet) asl Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' L. ... family: Asclepiadaceae ~ Apocynaceae 26032020EPT67 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- around 650 kb each. Presenting for ID Asclepias curassavica ? Location : Javadhu hills, Eastern Ghats Elevation : 3600 feet Habitat : Roadside Taken on 12.02.2020 Yes! Yes, you're right ... References:
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