Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
L.
Photographs by Dr. Michael Pfeiffer
Toxic to humans and livestock.
Weed of woodland borders, fields, pastures, right of ways. Forage for larvae of Monarch butterflies and other insects tolerant of the toxins.
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