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Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

Asclepias sullivantii (Prairie Milkweed)
Prairie Milkweed grows in moist to wet prairies. It reachers three-and-a-half feet tall. The thick stems and large red-veined oval leaves are hairless. This specimen shows a cluster of dark reddish-pink flowers that appear in early summer, each an inch long on individual stalks. Seed pods are four inches long.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
ISM Herbarium Sheet #: 36410

<i>Asclepias sullivantii</i> (Prairie Milkweed)

ISM Herbarium : Prairie Herbs : Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae)

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