Asclepias

Accepted species 213 Documented here 113 Family Apocynaceae

Accepted species 213 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Asclepias syriaca L. 8,451 documented
Asclepias tuberosa L. 2,641 documented
Asclepias incarnata L. 2,033 documented
Asclepias speciosa Torr. 1,935 documented
Asclepias viridis Walter 1,840 documented
Asclepias oenotheroides Schltdl. & Cham. 1,576 documented
Asclepias curassavica L. 1,350 documented
Asclepias fascicularis Decne. 1,209 documented
Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 1,081 documented
Asclepias asperula (Decne.) Woodson 1,024 documented
Asclepias verticillata L. 960 documented
Asclepias exaltata L. 653 documented
Asclepias variegata L. 547 documented
Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 513 documented
Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. 421 documented
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. 397 documented
Asclepias subulata Decne. 396 documented
Asclepias subverticillata (A.Gray) Vail 384 documented
Asclepias humistrata Walter 372 documented
Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf. 341 documented
Asclepias lanceolata Walter 320 documented
Asclepias perennis Walter 299 documented
Asclepias cordifolia (Benth.) Jeps. 289 documented
Asclepias albicans S.Watson 269 documented
Asclepias linaria Cav. 267 documented
Asclepias tomentosa Elliott 227 documented
Asclepias pedicellata Walter 213 documented
Asclepias purpurascens L. 204 documented
Asclepias sullivantii Engelm. ex A.Gray 201 documented
Asclepias hirtella (Pennell) Woodson 181 documented
Asclepias californica Greene 173 documented
Asclepias erosa Torr. 168 documented
Asclepias longifolia Michx. 151 documented
Asclepias ovalifolia Decne. 150 documented
Asclepias texana A.Heller 139 documented
Asclepias obovata Elliott 135 documented
Asclepias michauxii Decne. 128 documented
Asclepias stenophylla A.Gray 119 documented
Asclepias feayi Chapm. ex A.Gray 118 documented
Asclepias brachystephana Engelm. ex Torr. 103 documented
Asclepias rubra L. 103 documented
Asclepias arenaria Torr. 98 documented
Asclepias engelmanniana Woodson 94 documented
Asclepias pumila (A.Gray) Vail 91 documented
Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr. 81 documented
Asclepias curtissii A.Gray 75 documented
Asclepias cinerea Walter 71 documented
Asclepias mellodora A.St.-Hil. 71 documented
Asclepias prostrata W.H.Blackw. 68 documented
Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr. 66 documented
Asclepias linearis Scheele 64 documented
Asclepias angustifolia Schweigg. 57 documented
Asclepias nummularia Torr. 50 documented
Asclepias solanoana Woodson 48 documented
Asclepias crispa P.J.Bergius 46 documented
Asclepias glaucescens Kunth 45 documented
Asclepias aurea (Schltr.) Schltr. 42 documented
Asclepias depressa (Schltr.) Schltr. 42 documented
Asclepias nyctaginifolia A.Gray 37 documented
Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn. 37 documented
Asclepias flexuosa (E.Mey. ex Decne.) Schltr. 36 documented
Asclepias stellifera Schltr. 36 documented
Asclepias nivea L. 34 documented
Asclepias similis Hemsl. 34 documented
Asclepias connivens Baldwin ex Elliott 33 documented
Asclepias elata Benth. 33 documented
Asclepias meadii Torr. ex A.Gray 32 documented
Asclepias tonkawae D.P.Duran, J.Ksepka, S.A.Davis, Godwin & R.A.S.Laroche 31 documented
Asclepias macropus (Schltr.) Schltr. 30 documented
Asclepias fournieri Woodson 25 documented
Asclepias pellucida E.Fourn. 25 documented
Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr. 24 documented
Asclepias hypoleuca (A.Gray) Woodson 24 documented
Asclepias cultriformis Harv. ex Schltr. 23 documented
Asclepias welshii N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren 23 documented
Asclepias lemmonii A.Gray 19 documented
Asclepias otarioides E.Fourn. 19 documented
Asclepias viridula Chapm. 19 documented
Asclepias cucullata (Schltr.) Schltr. 18 documented
Asclepias emoryi (Greene) Vail 17 documented
Asclepias fulva N.E.Br. 17 documented
Asclepias labriformis M.E.Jones 17 documented
Asclepias gibba (E.Mey.) Schltr. 16 documented
Asclepias hallii A.Gray 15 documented
Asclepias senecionifolia M.E.Jones 15 documented
Asclepias pratensis Benth. 14 documented
Asclepias cryptoceras S.Watson 13 documented
Asclepias melantha Decne. 13 documented
Asclepias oreophila Nicholas ex Hilliard & B.L.Burtt 13 documented
Asclepias rusbyi (Vail) Woodson 12 documented
Asclepias brevicuspis (E.Mey.) Schltr. 11 documented
Asclepias navicularis (E.Mey.) Schltr. 11 documented
Asclepias fallax (Schltr.) Schltr. 10 documented
Asclepias humilis (E.Mey.) Schltr. 10 documented
Asclepias mexicana Cav. 7 documented
Asclepias sauronii M.G.Chávez & L.O.Alvarado 7 documented
Asclepias candida Vell. 6 documented
Asclepias expansa (E.Mey.) Schltr. 6 documented
Asclepias meliodora (Schltr.) Schltr. 6 documented
Asclepias pringlei (Greenm.) Woodson 6 documented
Asclepias vicaria N.E.Br. 6 documented
Asclepias virletii E.Fourn. 6 documented
Asclepias zanthodacryon (L.B.Sm.) Woodson 6 documented
Asclepias brevipes (Schltr.) Schltr. 5 documented
Asclepias eastwoodiana Barneby 5 documented
Asclepias lanuginosa Nutt. 5 documented
Asclepias circinalis (Decne.) Woodson 4 documented
Asclepias gordaensis L.O.Alvarado & S.Islas 4 documented
Asclepias macrotis Torr. 4 documented
Asclepias mirifica Woodson 4 documented
Asclepias adscendens (Schltr.) Schltr. 3 documented
Asclepias scaposa Vail 3 documented
Asclepias subaphylla Woodson 3 documented
Asclepias scheryi Woodson 10 below the evidence gate
Asclepias jaliscana B.L.Rob. 6 below the evidence gate
Asclepias quinquedentata A.Gray 3 below the evidence gate
Asclepias auriculata Kunth 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias densiflora N.E.Br. 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias graogramanii L.O.Alvarado, M.G.Chávez & J.A.Álvarez 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias leptopus I.M.Johnst. 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias montevaga M.Glen, Nicholas & Bester 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias ovata M.Martens & Galeotti 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias praemorsa Schltr. 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias ruthiae Maguire 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias sanjuanensis K.D.Heil, J.M.Porter & S.L.Welsh 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias uncialis Greene 2 below the evidence gate
Asclepias barjoniifolia E.Fourn. 1 below the evidence gate
Asclepias alpestris (K.Schum.) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias amabilis N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias ameliae S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias apocynifolia Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias atroviolacea Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias bartlettiana Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias baumii Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias bicuspis N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias bifida W.H.Blackw. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias boliviensis E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias bracteolata E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias breviantherae Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias buchwaldii (Schltr. & K.Schum.) De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias concinna (Schltr.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias constricta M.E.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias conzattii Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias cooperi N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias coulteri A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias crassicoronata Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias crassinervis N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias crocea Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias cutleri Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias dependens (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias dinteri Engl. & Krause 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias disparilis N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias dissona N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias dregeana Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias edentata Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias elegantula Fishbein 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias euphorbiifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias fimbriata Weim. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias flanaganii Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias foliosa (K.Schum.) Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias galeottii E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias gentryi Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias gordon-grayae Nicholas 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias graminifolia (Wild) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias grandirandii Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias inaequalis Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias jorgeana Fishbein & S.P.Lynch 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias kamerunensis Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias kansana Vail 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias langsdorffii E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias longirostra Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias longissima (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias lynchiana Fishbein 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias macvaughii Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias masonii Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias mcvaughii Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias meyeriana (Schltr.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias minor (S.Moore) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias minutiflora (Goyder) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias monticola N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias mtorwiensis Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias nana I.Verd. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias nummularioides W.D.Stevens 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias nuttii N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias occidentalis Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias palustris (K.Schum.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias patens N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias peltigera (E.Mey.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias pilgeriana Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias pseudoamabilis Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias pseudofimbriata (Goyder) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias pseudorubricaulis Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias puberula A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias pygmaea N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias randii S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias rara N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias schlechteri (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias schumanniana Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias shabaensis (Goyder) Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias solstitialis A.Chev. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias sperryi Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias sphacelata (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias standleyi Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias stathmostelmoides Goyder 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias subviridis S.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias tanganyikensis E.A.Bruce 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias ulophylla Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias velutina (Schltr.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias verdickii (De Wild.) De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias vinosa (E.Fourn.) Woodson 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias woodii (Schltr.) Schltr. 0 below the evidence gate
Asclepias woodsoniana Standl. & Steyerm. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.