Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Habitat:
   Light: full sun -light shade
   Moisture: dry mesic -mesic

   Height: 3 -5 ft.
   Flowering Time: summer

Notes: several upright stems with large oval leaves, pink mid-vein; large round clusters of pink flowers in summer; fragrant flowers a nectar source for butterflies; host plant for the Monarch caterpillar; clusters of, warty pods release silky seeds in fall.