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Antelope Horns Milkweed

Asclepias asperula

Photo by KatCuff
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The bees and the fly in the second, third and forth pictures are a great indication of how popular this plant is with the buzzing critters.

Species ID Suggestions

antelope horns milkweed

Asclepias asperula

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Comments (8)
KarenL
Lovely! I have seeds of this & 8 other milkweed species to plant in my "butterfly" garden this year!
AnnaWhipkey
You're welcome KatCuff. It had a milkweed "look" so I just googled Texas milkweed.
KatCuff
Thanks Anna for the info!! And thanks Annalisa for the kind words.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2012

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