Asclepias syriaca -- (Common Milkweed)


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 Scientific Name:  Asclepias syriaca
 Common Name:  Common Milkweed
 Other Common Names:  Silk Milkweed
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Pink
 Soil Moisture:  Dry, Mesic
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Competitivness:  Sensitive
 Best established via:  Seed, Plant
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Height, Mature (feet):  4
 Flowering Months:  July
 Found in Old fields:  Yes
 Found in Virgin fields:  No
 RGR Bloom Begin:  07/01
 RGR Bloom End:  07/18
 RGR Seed Collection Peak:  09/21
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Gentianales
 Family:  Asclepiadaceae
 Genus:  Asclepias

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