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Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.7405, -80.3107

Field Notes

Habitat:

favors dry, sand or gravel soil in fields, roadsides, gardens, etc.

Notes:

Also known as Orange Milkweed among other names similar to this Tropical Milkweed
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10324053
note the leaves are shorter and rounder and the flowers are uniformly orange.

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PublishedMarch 28, 2013

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