Asclepias syriaca

                                                                                                      Photos and doggerel by Barry Wallace

Milkweed milkweed

your small black seeds

carried on the wind

by parasols of silk

Common Milkweed

a.k.a. Silkweed

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is common throughout Canada, including our very own King Township, as well as the northern half of the USA.   The photos shown here were taken along Jane Street.

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Barry Wallace