Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed , Silky Swallow-wort , Virginia Silkweed , is a herbaceous plant species. It is in the genus Asclepias ...
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Few wildflowers look like the one shown above! The common name milkweed stems from the fact that when cut or bruised, all parts of the plant exude a milky white, sticky sap. This liquid contains poisonous glycosides similar to those in Foxglove plants. ... The pollination of a milkweed flower is a very specialized procedure.
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www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb05/bjmilkweed.html
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb05/bjmilkweed.html
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An introduction to milkweed-family flowers ... The picture at the right shows the inside of the flower of a Green Milkweed, Asclepias viridis, a common wildflower in a field near my home. I include it here to show that milkweed hoods, coronas and other parts come in many, many interesting and pretty configurations...
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www.backyardnature.net/fl_milkw.htm
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; Species information from eNature.com: Common Milkweed; Nature Photography, Wildflower Photography and Flower Photography by Gerry Gantt from Marsh, Meadow, Forest and Stream.
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www.gerryganttphotography.com/dsmf079.htm
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Common Milkweed plants. ... The young shoots, stems, flower buds, immature fruits, and roots of butterfly milkweed were boiled and eaten as a vegetable by various indigenous groups of eastern and mid-western America. The Meskwaki steam the flower buds as a food source;
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www.scienceviews.com/plants/commonmilkweed.html
www.scienceviews.com/plants/commonmilkweed.html
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Biology: Common milkweed blooms from June to August. Seedlings do not flower until the second year. Usually, 1 or 2 flowers in each cluster mature into a seed pod. It has been estimated that a single common milkweed plant can produce 25 fruits and each fruit contains as many as 450 seeds. ... Common milkweed flower head.
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www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/singlerecord.asp?id=...
www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/singlerecord.asp?id=580
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Connecticut Botanical Society ... next pink flower ; next in milkweed family ... blank pixels for layout...
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www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/asclepiassyri.ht...
www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/asclepiassyri.html
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030761; Common Milkweed Flower; Lawrence County; Pennsylvania...
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www.a-glo.com/Close-ups/closeup21.htm
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Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) - flower - inflorescence; Family: Asclepiadaceae - More images of Asclepias syriaca; Photographed on 6/25/2002 at 3:23:38pm; (c) 2002 Steven J. Baskauf - Terms of use;
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www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/a/assy--flinflor...
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