Broadleaf Milkweed

[Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.]

Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)

new shoots emerging from creeping roots in spring ▲▼

mature, flowering plants ▲▼

flowers ▲

�        Broadleaf Milkweed:  (not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor Weeds of the Northeast)

§  Similar to common milkweed, but with larger, more squarish, dark-green leaves and a more blunt tip; new shoots blue-green when emerging in spring

§  Has large, tuberous root system, and can spread 3-5 feet per  year

§  Flowers are in large rounded clusters in leaf axils, held tight in-between the leaves

§  Flowers are cream-yellow-white colored

§  Native to states west of Missouri, and is toxic to livestock, but normally not grazed unless nothing else available