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Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo by ForestDragon
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Description:

Tall plant with large, oval leaves. Clusters of pinkish flowers grow from some of the joints where the leaf stem meets the plant stem. This native wildflower produces a white latex when damaged. There were several of these growing along the side of the oncology office where I was receiving chemotherapy this summer.

Habitat:

Suburban area along the side of a building.

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Asclepias syriaca

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The Wildflowers of New York State

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