Asclepias
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asclepias-166-10304308
title:
Asclepias
text:
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans and many other species, primarily due to the presence of cardenolides. However, as with many such plants, some species feed upon milkweed leaves or the nectar from their flowers. A noteworthy feeder on milkweeds is the monarch butterfly, which uses and requir
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of flowering plants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias
date created:
2004-02-21T08:28:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T21:23:11Z
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