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In reply to the discussion: Can anyone Identify this ? [View all]

Botany

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16. Common Milkweed
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 07:21 PM
Jun 2020

Asclepias syriaca .... a little course for most gardens but great for natural areas.

Monarchs love em. Lot of other critters use 'em and birds love the bugs that they "host."

If you have the time see if you can see the monarch caterpillar chewing across the leaf's mid
rib so it then eat that leaf to harvest the glycoside which gives the adult monarch protection
from being eaten by birds.

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Looks like milkweed to me. nt luvs2sing Jun 2020 #1
Me, too. JohnnyLib2 Jun 2020 #2
Me three Canoe52 Jun 2020 #15
That was actually my only suggestion to her. Milkweed. Budi Jun 2020 #5
ditto on the milkweed yonder Jun 2020 #3
Is it milkweed? I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #4
Milkweed. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #6
That is milkweed, a necessity for Monarch butterflies. nt Atticus Jun 2020 #7
Thanks all. I'm going with Milkweed. Doesn't it kinda stink too? Budi Jun 2020 #8
Wait. She just sent a pic of a possible i.d. Is This the same as milkweed Budi Jun 2020 #9
This is 100% Milkweed Tree-Hugger Jun 2020 #10
I am in NE Kansas MuseRider Jun 2020 #11
Lucky you. I miss the prairie 🍃. . flowers & grasses, birds & night sky Budi Jun 2020 #12
It is wonderful. MuseRider Jun 2020 #14
More necessary than I ever knew! Budi Jun 2020 #13
Common Milkweed Botany Jun 2020 #16
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