Asclepias speciosa
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Asclepias speciosa is a species of milkweed
known commonly as the showy milkweed. It is native to the western half of North America.
s. Their corollas are reflexed and the central flower parts, five hoods with prominent hooks, are star-shaped. The fruit is a large, rough follicle
filled with many flat oval seeds with luxuriant silky plumes.
Many Native American peoples use all parts of this plant for a great number of medicinal uses and ate some parts as a food.
food and habitat
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Asclepias
Asclepias L. , the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species...
known commonly as the showy milkweed. It is native to the western half of North America.
Description
This flowering plant is a hairy, erect perennial. The large, pointed, bananalike leaves are arranged opposite on the stalklike stem. The eye-catching furry pale pink to pinkish-purple flowers are arranged in thick umbelUmbel
An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....
s. Their corollas are reflexed and the central flower parts, five hoods with prominent hooks, are star-shaped. The fruit is a large, rough follicle
Follicle (fruit)
In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia, peony and milkweed....
filled with many flat oval seeds with luxuriant silky plumes.
Many Native American peoples use all parts of this plant for a great number of medicinal uses and ate some parts as a food.
Butterflies
Asclepias speciosa is a specific Monarch butterflyMonarch butterfly
The Monarch butterfly is a milkweed butterfly , in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Since the 19th century, it has been found in New Zealand, and in Australia since 1871 where it is called the Wanderer...
food and habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
plant.