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Gomphocarpus (club-fruit). Asclepiadaceae. Perennial herbs, or subshrubs, of more than 100 species, mostly of the Old World, of which one has .been mentioned recently in horticultural literature abroad; very, closely allied to Asclepias, being distinguished mostly by the absence of crests or appendages on the hoods. G. textilis, Naudin, a warm-country species but nativity unknown, is a semi-woody plant 3 ft. high with slender branches: lvs. opposite, linear-lanceolate: fls. white, in terminal clusters, the lobes of the crown violet: fr. large, obliquely oval in outline, bladdery, pale green, long-hairy, to 4 in. long. —Described as a showy and worthy plant for the border.
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Gomphocarpus (club-fruit). Asclepiadaceae. Perennial herbs, or subshrubs, of more than 100 species, mostly of the Old World, of which one has .been mentioned recently in horticultural literature abroad; very, closely allied to Asclepias, being distinguished mostly by the absence of crests or appendages on the hoods. G. textilis, Naudin, a warm-country species but nativity unknown, is a semi-woody plant 3 ft. high with slender branches: lvs. opposite, linear-lanceolate: fls. white, in terminal clusters, the lobes of the crown violet: fr. large, obliquely oval in outline, bladdery, pale green, long-hairy, to 4 in. long. R.H. 1902, p. 35. —Described as a showy and worthy plant for the border.
 
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Appears that all the species are under Asclepias now[1]

Read about Gomphocarpus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Gomphocarpus (club-fruit). Asclepiadaceae. Perennial herbs, or subshrubs, of more than 100 species, mostly of the Old World, of which one has .been mentioned recently in horticultural literature abroad; very, closely allied to Asclepias, being distinguished mostly by the absence of crests or appendages on the hoods. G. textilis, Naudin, a warm-country species but nativity unknown, is a semi-woody plant 3 ft. high with slender branches: lvs. opposite, linear-lanceolate: fls. white, in terminal clusters, the lobes of the crown violet: fr. large, obliquely oval in outline, bladdery, pale green, long-hairy, to 4 in. long. —Described as a showy and worthy plant for the border. CH


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