One, known scientifically as asclepias galioides, is harmful in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, while another, known as asclepias mexicana, has produced losses, especially in California and Nevada.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The garden, long uncultivated, had multiplied its verdure; coloquintidas mounted into the branches of cassias, the asclepias was scattered over fields of roses, all kinds of vegetation formed entwinings and bowers; and here and there, as in the woods, sun-rays, descending obliquely, marked the shadow of a leaf upon the ground.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
You are right, this time again there is nothing for me to do but to be patient; but when I have fulfilled the duties here, which I undertook, and am at home again, I will offer a great sacrifice to asclepias and Hygiea, like a person recovered from a severe illness; and one thing I know: that I would rather be a poor girl, grinding at a mill, than change with this rich and adored queen who, in order to enjoy her life to the utmost, carelessly and restlessly hurries past all that our mortal lot has best to offer.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers