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Asclepias physocarpa facts for kids
| Swan Plant | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Asclepias |
| Species: | A. physocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schlechter |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. |
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Swan Plant (Asclepias physocarpa) is a species of milkweed plant. It is also known as Balloonplant and Balloon Cotton-Bush. It belongs in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. It has been naturalized in Hawai'i and has also been naturalized in other parts of the world.
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Monarch butterfly caterpillars feeding on Gomphocarpus physocarpus