Asclepias syriaca

common milkweed

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Photo credit: R. Harrison Wiegand, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service. www.dnr.state.md.us
Family

Asclepiadaceae

Region

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

States

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Plant Type

Herbaceous

Height

3.5 - 6.5ft

Spread

- ft

Flower Color

Purple

Fruit

Pod;

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Soil Texture

Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Dry

Blooms

May - August

Fall Color

Habitat

thickets, roadsides, dry fields

Notes

interesting seed pods; fragrant flower; weed in pastures; poisonous to livestock

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Resources

The Native Plants Guide

Physiographic Regions of Chesapeake Watershed

Mountain
Piedmont
Coastal Plain