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Botanical details
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Asclepias
- Genus description
Asclepias can be evergreen or deciduous perennials or subshrubs, with simple, entire leaves and umbel-like clusters of small, distinctively shaped flowers followed by paired fruits containing seeds embedded in silky fibres
- Name status
Accepted
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