Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 12., 1 by WillisTxGarden

WillisTxGarden wrote:
Josephine - I think you were right on target with Green Milkweed!
The anther (at least what I think is the anther) of the Antelope is a solid white/cream color whereas the Green has a mix of white/cream with some almost purple veining or stripes that run along the side of what I think is the filament...on up to the anther. Also , I believe your observation of the leaf difference is correct.
They are similar indeed...at first glance,...I thought hmmmm....could be! But when you look closer and compare the two side by side...it's easy to tell.
How interesting these two are! BTW Josephine,...the Ladybird Center lists the common names of A. viridis as
Green Milkweed and Green Antelopehorn!

Linda - There has been just a couple Monarchs, so far, that have appeared around some of my other milkweeds.

Which reminds me,...I have another
plant that I'm fairly sure is a member of the Genus Asclepias....haven't locked in on which one it is yet.....would y'all mind if I ran some pics by you and get your opinion? I've looked for it at Ladybird's Wildflower site....and the closest resemblance I've found is the
Aquatic Milkweed (A. perinnis) but I'm not sure. PF example:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/48889/index.html
The seedpod I collected looked a lot like the example in the PF but I collected mine in July/Aug last year...the PF example was taken? in January of 2003....also,...the stem(s) of my plant seem to be smaller in diameter relative to the leaf size....when compared to the example in PF. This could be because of environmental conditions, I guess. Anyway,...tell me what you think...and as always,....I sure appreciate the assistance! I hope to return the favors in some fashion or another! :~) Lee

This message was edited Sep 12, 2006 9:57 AM