Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Asclepias curassavica
Family: (Apocynaceae)
(A/TP) to 4′. Blood Flower, Bastard Pecacuanha. A native of tropical America with cymes of 10+ small, cinnabar-red, five-petalled flowers with orange hoods. Upright foliage has pointed, elliptic, and opposite leaves. Blooms in late summer. Easy from seed but we dig ours up to overwinter. Sun. 3 & T2
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