Asclepias Exaltata Seeds. When the pod matures it opens and releases the seeds to be scattered by wind and animals. They are followed by beautiful elongated seed pods.
Strikingly aromatic when in bloom they are a great source of nectar for butterflies. July august leaf arrangement. The silky hair or seed floss is often used by hummingbirds to line their tiny.
The fruit is a follicle has one ovary that splits along one side to release the seeds fruit width 15 20 mm hair type on fruit the hairs on the fruits are simple not branched don t have glands and are not woolly.
Poke milkweed asclepias exaltata is a host plant for monarch caterpillars and a popular nectar plant for other butterflies and beneficial pollinators. I looked at one of the pods and the seeds are white and i pretty sure they are suppose to be brown seeds. Will the seeds pods mature even though they have already been picked off the plant. July august leaf arrangement.