Spider Milkweed - Antelope Horns
by Debra Martz
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Spider Milkweed - Antelope Horns
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Debra Martz
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Spider Milkweed - Antelope Horns by Debra Martz
I find the spherical inflorescene of the Spider Milkweed very attractive, as do insects. Each plant might have one stem crowned with a cluster of flowers or as many as 15 stems. This particular plant had 3 stems topped with clusters. These clusters are about 3 inches in diameter and contain around 20 flowers. The common name comes from the fruit which is a conical pod, occurring in pairs and resembling the "horns of an antelope." I captured this image on the short walk to the small Osage Lake located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge of Oklahoma.
Scientific Name: Asclepias Asperula
Range: From the Mojave Desert and east Nevada, east to Texas and the southern Great Plains
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June 14th, 2018
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Jim Love
I've got milkweed out back of the house, but it must be a different variety since it is nowhere near this pretty...
Debra Martz replied:
Jim, I’ve only encountered this variety on two different occasions! Once in south/central Texas and this in southern Oklahoma.
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