Common Milkweed Seed Pods. You can identify milkweed in three ways. Via its flower its foliage and its seed pods.
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Stratification is when a seed is moistened chilled or frozen and thawed breaking down germination inhibitors on the seed coat such as waxes hormones oils or heavy coats. Milkweed grows naturally in meadows fields and ditches throughout the state. Pods are filled with seeds and floss a material attached to the seed that allows it to travel on the wind similar to dandelion seed.
Excess nutrients especially nitrogen can slow flowering.
Common milkweed asclepias syriaca in bloom in the spring left and common milkweed pods in the fall right ready for harvest photo left. Laura hubers usfws right kate miyamoto usfws. Typically these pods are horn shaped or otherwise long narrow and tubular. Pods are filled with seeds and floss a material attached to the seed that allows it to travel on the wind similar to dandelion seed.
