Common Milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias syriaca
Fragrant flowers. Decussate leaves (opposite leaves attached at right angles to the adjacent pairs of leaves). Larval host plant for Monarch butterflies. Deer resistant.
Common Milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
| Genus species: | Asclepias syriaca | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Common Milkweed | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Apocynaceae 
Perennial herbs or woody vines, usually with milky sap; leaves simple, entire; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes; fruit a pair of follicles; family includes many poisonous species. | |||||||||||
| Alternate Family Name (Synonym): | Asclepiadaceae | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Pink/Red | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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