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Showy Milk weed

Asclepias speciosa

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Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Asclepias syriaca


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9 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Yes Scott , i will try and post a picture of the flowers too.

ScottRasmussen
ScottRasmussen 12 years ago

Ahh, good to know. A. speciosa has really crazy cool flowers when they're open.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Scott and Kristen, i have to still do the write up ,but this is a showy Milkweed .
Asclepias speciosa

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

@Kirsten, isn't it Giant Milkweed. See immature leafs and colour of central vein of all leafs. Its must be Calotropis plant.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thanks a million Scott! :))

ScottRasmussen
ScottRasmussen 12 years ago

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.... It can be pretty variable, especially in the color of the flowers and shape of the leaves: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thanks so much, Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Good Picture!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Milkweed.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

California, USA

Spotted on Jul 13, 2011
Submitted on Jul 13, 2011

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