Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) flowers. Plants were growing at the edge of a corn garden.

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morpheme

Lion

What awesome flowers! I remember loving to play with the pods and fluff as a kid, but I don't know that I ever noticed the flowers at all.. (I grew up on the east coast) I don't think we have it out here though. I can't recall having seen any for years. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
1. Gary B
  
  Lion
  
  This clone is really different from the typical plants around here. Much deeper pink color and even the buds have red streaks in them. Leaves are generally darker green as well.
  
  Looks like Asclepias syriaca is "present" in Oregon (one county) but nowhere else on the West Coast. This fact sheet https://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/WA-milkweed-guide_XercesSoc1.pdf from the Xerces Society lists Washington Asclepias species with maps, too. Posted 6 years ago

The Common Milkweed

"Asclepias syriaca" is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus "Asclepias", the milkweeds. This species is native to southern Canada and of much of the conterminous eastern U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies.

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Similar species: Gentianales

Species identified by Gary B