Summary[edit] Description: Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae). Along the Jordan River, Utah. Date: 22 August 2015, 10:09. Source: 2015.08.22_10.09.20_DSC00159. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) plant, with broad leaves and purplish flowers. Along central section of bicycle trail along Lower Rock Creek, Mono County, California. Date: 17 July 2015, 21:17:25. Source: Own work. Author: Dcrjsr.
Summary[edit] Description: As summer begins to fade, the showy milkweed produces seed filled pods. Seeds will continue to develop inside the pods until reaching maturity. The pods will eventually dry, splitting open and releasing their seeds that disperse with the winds. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 21 August 2016, 06:49. Source: Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.
Description: The sepals and petals are reflexed (bent back and downward) and the staminal hoods and horns project upward. Date: 10 July 2006, 13:24. Source: Asclepias speciosa Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location45° 41′ 17.72″ N, 110° 30′ 14.12″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 45.688255; -110.503923.