Asclepias speciosa is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), known commonly as the showy milkweed, and is found in the Western half of North America.
This species is native to the western half of North America.
This flowering plant is a hairy, erect perennial.
The large, pointed, elongate, simple, entire leaves are arranged oppositely on stalks.
The eye-catching, hirsute, pale pink through pinkish-purple flowers occur in dense umbellate cymes. Their corollas are reflex ...