Common Milkweed Asclepias Syriaca. Leaves opposite smooth margined oblong 10 20 cm long and 5 11 cm wide with prominent veins. Stems stout erect to 2 m tall with short downy hairs and milky juice.
It grows along roadsides in fields and in open meadows. The blooms occur in the upper leaf axils of upright stems clad with thick large oval fresh green. 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.
The blooms occur in the upper leaf axils of upright stems clad with thick large oval fresh green.
Either way the monarch butterfly will appreciate having this milkweed available. It grows along roadsides in fields and in open meadows. Some people incorrectly assume common milkweed to be the only. 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.