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Showy Milk weed

Asclepias speciosa

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Notes:

http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/asclepias-speciosa

Species ID Suggestions

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

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KristenGilpin
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Comments (9)
HemaShah
Yes Scott , i will try and post a picture of the flowers too.
ScottRasmussen
Ahh, good to know. A. speciosa has really crazy cool flowers when they're open.
HemaShah
Scott and Kristen, i have to still do the write up ,but this is a showy Milkweed . Asclepias speciosa
Ashish
@Kirsten, isn't it Giant Milkweed. See immature leafs and colour of central vein of all leafs. Its must be Calotropis plant.
ScottRasmussen
Nice photo of a beautiful plant. Judging from the big woolly buds and the general fuzzy appearance of the plant, and also from where it was found, I'm going to guess that it's Woollypod Milkweed, Asclepias eriocarpa. http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=27583. It can be pretty variable, especially in the color of the flowers and shape of the leaves: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Asclepias+eriocarpa

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