The Milk Weed is a milkweed plant that grows on the Isle of Wonder.
Background[]
Milkweed thrives near the mucky swamp. Small bottles
made of glass grow on it like fruit. The glass bottles are full of milk. The plant not only produces milk, but a container to go along with it. Alexander took a bottle of milk from the milkweed bush, causing the dogwood tree nearby to bark at him for standing too close.
Behind the scenes[]
Known as the Milk Weed in KQ6 Hintbook.
Asclepias L. (1753), the milkweeds, is an American genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to the family Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Milkweed is named for its milky sap, which consists of a latex containing alkaloids and several other complex compounds including cardenolides. Some species are known to be toxic.
Carl Linnaeus named the genus after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing.