Fairly sure this is one of the many Milkweeds I have. This one came to me via a friend in Minnesota who found it in the glacial moraine p...Read Morerairies of Minnesota in Pope County. I don't think he knew it was an endangered species so apologies for that although he said there was a lot of it growing around the area. I have it in a wet spot in my garden and it loves it there. It likes to get flooded at times. It certainly does not mind standing in water. Mine is going to bloom for the first time this year so I think I'll finally be able to identify it for sure. It seems to be this one but then again, there are a lot of Asclepias sp. I have to also consider where it was found. On native midwestern prairie that has never seen a plow or ever been messed with. I hope the deer don't decide to come along and bite the tops off just as it gets started blooming here in the next 2 weeks or so. Oh, I'll be so mad!
Fairly sure this is one of the many Milkweeds I have. This one came to me via a friend in Minnesota who found it in the glacial moraine p...Read More
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North American Species of Asclepias, by R.E. Woodson Jr., 1954.
Stems: rather slender, simple <...Read More