Common Milkweed - Asclepias Syriaca.
We've a nice crop of this native growing all over the place. Food the a couple generations of Monarch butterfly larvae.
This plant has an odd pollination system. There are sacs of pollen that become ensnared on the legs of insects - and the insect ends-up inserting the sacs into other plants as it makes its rounds.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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