How To Identify Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed is an easy wild edible to learn how to identify. By paying attention to the small details we can identify this plant according to certain features. From milkweeds leaves to its flowers there are small identification features to pay attention to. Commonly found growing in fields and clearings, this plant is also important to native insects responsible for pollination. With its globular pink to purple colored flowers and broad elliptical leaves that feel like suede, this plant is one easy wild edible to identify. Some books will place this plant in the Asclepias family while others will place it in the Dogbane family. Producing copious amounts of milky latex when cut, this plant is aptly named. Usable in many wild edible recipes from cooking the shoots to eating the pods and very beneficial for the environment this is one plant any forager should know how to identify.

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