ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA - TROPICAL MILKWEED.
Common name: Silkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodflower, cotton bush, sunset flower, pleurisy root, butterflyweed, ipecacuanha, scarlet milkweed, cancerillo, redhead, koningsbloem, tropical butterfly flower, madhar, algodoncillo.
This herbaceous plant is native to tropical South America and is a very commonly grown here in our parks . It has white milky poisonous sap and grows up to a height of about 4'.
It has oblanceolate leaves and beautiful scarlet/orange/yellow flowers.
It blooms year around in the tropics and sub-tropics and is a favorite among butterflies, hummingbirds, wasps and beetles as a nectar source. They are a food source for Monarch butterfly larvae.
It has oblanceolate leaves and beautiful scarlet/orange/yellow flowers.
It blooms year around in the tropics and sub-tropics and is a favorite among butterflies, hummingbirds, wasps and beetles as a nectar source. They are a food source for Monarch butterfly larvae.
The seeds, in spindle shaped pods, have a crown of silky hairs and blow into the wind like miniature parachutes.
10 comments:
So beautiful! Have a happy holiday!
They are very beautiful.
It looks so exotic, quite different from ours.
Wishing you and yours a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Thank you for telling me about this! I can see that the flowers are the same as our pink milkweed, even though the colour is very different! They are beautiful!
Lovely blooms. Great shots.
Very preyy milk weed pictures!
Very lovely indeed.
Happy New Year!!
Although I live in a tropical country I do not recall having seen this flower before.
Thank you for participating in the TF.
Happy new year.
If I translate an old Swedish saying it goes like this:
"Dear child has many names".
So has your beautiful flower.
LindÃssima! Feliz ano novo!
Jama, it's so lovely...
I love their bright colors!
Thanks for dropping by...
I don't know if I have seen this.
You are lucky to live in an ultra modern apartment. I remember those people complaining people have dripping rubbish when they take them to the chute.
When I was in NTU, I had to take my rubbish to the dump.
Here, they come once a week, winter time it's ok, but in Summer, you make sure you take the bin out in time.
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