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Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
Native
UPL
Asclepiadaceae Family 		Ascsyr.jpg (85732 bytes)

Field Marks:

  • opposite, entire leaves which are downy beneath
  • milky sap; flowers not bell-shaped
  • flower with hood and horns
  • warty pods

 

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pods

Habitat:

fields and roadsides

Links:

External Link Monarch Watch : Milkweed : Photo Guide : Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)

External Link Common Milkweed -- Asclepias syriaca

External Link Welcome to the PLANTS National Database

 

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