Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias incarnata L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Woodson

Asclepias incarnata subsp. incarnata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
algodoncillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asclepias incarnata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asclépiade rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inkarnat-seidenpflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rose milkweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rose-colored silkweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rosensidenört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rote seidenpflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swamp milkweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
swamp silkweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acerates incarnata (L.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 523 (1844).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias incarnata L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Asclepias incarnata L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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