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Asclepias
Asclepias
L.
(1753), the
milkweeds
, is an American
genus
of herbaceous
perennial
,
dicotyledonous
plants
that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to the
family
Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as the
subfamily
Asclepiadoideae
of the dogbane family
Apocynaceae
.
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