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Nc Region: Piedmont Usda Plant Hardiness Zone: 8a Plant Type: Native Plant

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Asclepias humistrata

Fleshy Milkweed, Pinewoods Milkweed, Pink-Veined Milkweed, Sandhill Milkweed

Somewhat prostrate growing form

Somewhat prostrate growing form

Fruits- before opening

Fruits- before opening

Fruits spit open

Fruits spit open

Stem and leaf attachment

Stem and leaf attachment

Asclepias incarnata

Marsh Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed

Close up of flower

Close up of flower

Stems and leaves

Stems and leaves

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias incarnata

1 Cultivar/Variety

Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra

Eastern Swamp Milkweed

Flower with monarch caterpillar

Flower with monarch caterpillar

Underside of leaf

Underside of leaf

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple Milkweed

Leaves, buds, flower

Leaves, buds, flower

Underside of leaf

Underside of leaf

Asclepias rubra

Red Milkweed, Tall Pink Bog Milkweed

Form in native habitat

Form in native habitat

Side view of flower

Side view of flower

Asclepias rubra

Asclepias rubra

Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed

Form in bloom (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Form in bloom (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Flower close-up (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Flower close-up (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Side view of flower (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Side view of flower (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Leaves and flower clusters (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Leaves and flower clusters (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Flower cluster (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Flower cluster (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Chieger Flower, Chiggerflower, Common Butterfly-weed, Indian Paintbrush, Milkweed, Pleurisy Root

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

buds and leaves (in spring in Moore county)

buds and leaves (in spring in Moore county)

flowers (summer in Moore county)

flowers (summer in Moore county)

close up of flower (in summer in Moore county)

close up of flower (in summer in Moore county)

Asclepias variegata

Redring Milkweed, White-Flowered Milkweed, White Milkweed

Asclepias variegata

Asclepias variegata

A scarab beetle on Asclepias variegata flowers.

A scarab beetle on Asclepias variegata flowers.

Underside of leaf

Underside of leaf

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled Milkweed

Leaves and stem

Leaves and stem

Underside of leaf

Underside of leaf