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Milkweed - Giant Sand

1/3/2023

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Also called Desert Milkweed. (Asclepias erosa) Yellowish to white flowers with large gray-green leaves that are often covered in fine cream colored hairs. Contains a milky sap. Native Americans were known to boil the latex until hard and use as a chewing gum. The seedpods resemble to Milkweeds from the East and Midwest. Incredibly hardy, these milkweeds grow wild on our homestead.

Perennial
Spring thru Summer Blooms
Full Sun
​Low Water

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