Mexican Butterfly Weed, Blood-flower, Scarlet Milkweed

Asclepias curassavica, commonly called Mexican Butterfly Weed, Blood-flower, Scarlet Milkweed or, Tropical Milkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Asclepiadaceae. It is native to the American tropics.

It has a pantropical distribution as an introduced species. It is grown as an ornamental garden plant and as a source of food for butterflies.