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Aquatic Milkweed

Asclepias perennis

Description:

This species can be easily identified before the flowers open because the tips of the corollas are pink creating a large pink spot at the apex of an unopened flower. Leaves are relatively short and narrow. Grows in areas with soils that are continuously wet. UFL

Habitat:

In a periodic pond: Horse Ponds, Carlton Reserve

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ceherzog
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ceherzog

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 26, 2013
Submitted on May 30, 2013

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