乳草

马利筋屬
	Asclepias syriaca
科学分类
界：	植物界 Plantae
演化支：	维管植物 Tracheophyta
演化支：	被子植物 Angiosperms
演化支：	真双子叶植物 Eudicots
演化支：	菊类植物 Asterids
目：	龙胆目 Gentianales
科：	夹竹桃科 Apocynaceae
属：	马利筋属 Asclepias
种：	马利筋屬 Asclepias
二名法
	Asclepias; Linn.

马利筋屬下的植物通稱乳草，又称乳仔草、红乳草、细本乳仔草、千根草、乳汁草-岭南、痢疾草-广东、细叶飞扬草-广州、萹蓄草-台湾，是多年生草本植物的一属，属于夹竹桃科植物，涵括超过140种植物。例子有马利筋。

马利筋物种已经演化出精巧的抵御策略以对抗吃它们叶子的毛虫。这些包括叶子上的毛、其组织中称为心脏干扰素的心脏毒以及来自於植物管状器官的乳白色有毒乳汁，故马利筋又称乳草。

部分種

	Asclepias albicans	Whitestem milkweed, native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts
	Asclepias amplexicaulis	Blunt-leaved milkweed, native to central and eastern United States
	Asclepias asperula	Antelope horns, native to American southwest and northern Mexico
	Asclepias californica	California milkweed, native to central and southern California
	Asclepias cordifolia	Heart-leaf milkweed, native to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range up to 2000 m.
	Asclepias cryptoceras	Pallid milkweed, native to the western United States.
	Asclepias curassavica	Scarlet milkweed, tropical milkweed, bloodflower, bastard ipecacuanha, native to the American tropics, introduced to other continents
	Asclepias curtissii	Curtiss's milkweed, endemic to sandy areas of Florida
	Asclepias eriocarpa	Woollypod milkweed, native to California, Baja California, and Nevada
	Asclepias erosa	Desert milkweed, native to California, Arizona, and Baja California
	Asclepias exaltata	Poke milkweed, native to eastern North America
	Asclepias fascicularis	Narrow-leaf milkweed, native to Western United States
	Asclepias hirtella	Tall green milkweed
	Asclepias humistrata	Sandhill milkweed, native to southeastern United States
	Asclepias incarnata	Swamp milkweed, native to wetlands of North America
	Asclepias involucrata
	Asclepias lanceolata	Lanceolate milkweed (Cedar Hill milkweed), native to coastal plain of eastern United States from Texas to New Jersey
	Asclepias linaria	Pine needle milkweed, native to Mojave and Sonoran deserts
	Asclepias linearis	Slim milkweed
	Asclepias meadii	Mead's milkweed, native to midwestern United States
	Asclepias nivea
	Asclepias nyctaginifolia	Mojave milkweed, native to the American southwest
	Asclepias obovata	Pineland milkweed
	Asclepias purpurascens	Purple milkweed, native to eastern, southern, and midwestern United States
	Asclepias quadrifolia	Four-leaved milkweed, native to eastern United States and Canada
	Asclepias rubra	Red milkweed
	Asclepias solanoana	Serpentine milkweed, native to northern California
	Asclepias speciosa	Showy milkweed, native to western United States and Canada
	Asclepias subulata	Rush milkweed, leafless milkweed, native to southwestern North America
	Asclepias subverticillata	Horsetail milkweed^[1]
	Asclepias sullivantii	Sullivant's milkweed
	Asclepias syriaca	Common milkweed
	Asclepias texana	Texas milkweed
	Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly weed, pleurisy root
	Asclepias uncialis	Wheel milkweed
	Asclepias variegata	White milkweed
	Asclepias verticillata	Whorled milkweed
	Asclepias vestita	Woolly milkweed
	Asclepias viridiflora	Green milkweed
	Asclepias viridis	Green antelopehorn, spider milkweed
	Asclepias welshii	Welsh's milkweed