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Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo by dragonflygrit
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Field Notes

Description:

Small pinkish individual flowers that make up a flower ball. Green leaves come down the stalk by twos. They are slick and slightly hard.

Habitat:

woodland forest

Reference Links:

Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

Species ID Suggestions

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

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momsavang
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Comments (1)
momsavang
I'm not 100% on the ID, but it looks like it might be a milkweed variety

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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Wildlife of Georgia
Photographed
PublishedMay 8, 2018

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