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milk weed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo by mary.gallo.m
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Field Notes

Description:

Common name milkweed, also butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallowwort and Virginia silkweed. Species of flowering plant. Is a perennial herb. Native to most of North America east of Rocky mountains.

Habitat:

Grows in sandy soil and sunny areas

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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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