What is Asclepias syriaca?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Common Milkweed |image = Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Plant 2000px.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. syriaca''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias syriaca'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |}} '''''Asclepias syriaca''''' (also known as the '''common milkweed''', '''butterfly flower''', '''silkweed''', '''silky swallow-wort''', and '''Virginia silkweed''') is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] plant. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to [[North America]]. It [[bloom]]s from June to August. The flowers are green and purple. This species is found in [[prairie]]s, [[meadow]]s, and fields. Common Milkweed likes damp to dry [[soil]] and sunny or partly shaded places. It is about 0.5 to 1.5 meters in height (1½-5 feet).<ref name=wc>William Cullina (2000). ''Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America.'' The New England Wildflower Society. {{ISBN|0-395-96609-4}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias syriaca}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias syriaca}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Asclepias syriaca'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://www.evergreen.ca/nativeplants/search/view-plant.php?ID=00109&query=%20AND%20common_name%20LIKE%20%27%24Common%20Milkweed%24%27%20%20AND%20genus%20LIKE%20%27%24Asclepias%24%27%20%20AND%20species%20LIKE%20%27%24syriaca%24%27%20:0 ''Asclepias syriaca'' at Evergreen Native Plant Database]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|s]]