Common Milkweed
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| Scientific name | Asclepias syriaca |
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| Order | Gentianales |
| Rank | Species |
| Higher classification | Milkweed |
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Did you know | Asclepias syriaca spreads both via seeds and rhizomes, forming colonies. |
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| ID | 796166 |
About Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds.