Apocynaceae
Heartleaf milkweed
Asclepias cordifolia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Asclepias
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- صقلاب قلبي الأوراق
- arz
- صقلاب قلبى الاوراق
- English
- Heartleaf milkweed, Heart-leaf milkweed
- German
- Herzblättrige Seidenblume
Synonyms
- Acerates atropurpurea Kellogg
- Acerates cordifolia Benth.
- Asclepias acornuta Kellogg
- Asclepias ecornuta Kellogg ex A.Gray
- Gomphocarpus cordifolius (Benth.) Benth. ex A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: First Light, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.