Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Sullivant’s Milkweed

Yesterday, while on my daily traipse along the road by our farm, I made the acquaintance of Sullivant’s Milkweed:

Sullivant's Milkweed July 4 (2)

Its looks different than the Common Milkweed, which I blogged about several days ago.  In overall plant size, the Sullivant’s Milkweed is smaller, the bundles of blossoms are less dense, and there is a more pinkish pink color to the flowers and leaf veins.  

Sullivant's Milkweed Most likely, this milkweed variant resided there in our roadside ditch in previous years, but I had failed to peer closely enough to notice its distinguishing features.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This really brought me back to the summer days growing up next to the river. Thanks so much - Laurie from Montana