Milkweed (disambiguation) explained

Milkweed, Asclepias, is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants named for their milky latex sap.

Milkweed may also refer to:

Plants

• Calotropis, a genus from eastern and southern Asia, and northern Africa
• Euphorbia heterophylla, native to the Americas
• Euphorbia peplus, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia

Other uses

• Milkweed (novel), a children's novel by Jerry Spinelli
• Milkweed Editions, an independent publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), also known as the milkweed

See also

• List of plants known as milk thistle