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Non-scientific name:

common milkweed

2 Accepted name(s) for "common milkweed":

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Asclepias speciosa Asclepias speciosa Torr. Asclepias speciosa Torr.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "common milkweed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
algodoncillo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
asclepias Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
asclepias syriaca Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asclepias syriaca whole Other Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
asclépiade commune Other GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
broadleaf milkweed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gewöhnliche seidenpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
herbe à coton Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
herbe à la ouate Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
milkweed Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
petits cochons Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
seidenpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sidenört Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
silkweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
silky swallowwort Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
virginia-silk Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)