Asclepias Syriaca Common Milkweed. Asclepias syriaca common milkweed is well known to most who reside in the eastern half of the u s. This herbaceous perennial plant is 2 6 tall and unbranched except sometimes toward the apex where the flowers occur.
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed is a rhizomatous perennial prized for its domed clusters of sweetly scented pinkish purple starry flowers which bloom from early to late summer. Asclepias syriaca commonly called common milkweed butterfly flower silkweed silky swallow wort and virginia silkweed 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. Asclepias syriaca common milkweed is well known to most who reside in the eastern half of the u s.
Common milkweed asclepias syriaca milkweed family asclepiadaceae description.
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed is well known to most who reside in the eastern half of the u s. This herbaceous perennial plant is 2 6 tall and unbranched except sometimes toward the apex where the flowers occur. Start the seeds in a week using water germination or sow in the fall for a more natural method called cold moist stratification. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is the plant that comes to mind for many of us when we hear the word milkweed this plant thrives in almost any well drained soil and produces a profusion of lavender to pink flowers in midsummer.