Sullivant’s Milkweed

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

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.  

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.