Common Milkweed
• Series: Photo of the Week • Tags: plant life • Eastern Pennsylvania
![Blooming Milkweed](https://whereissteve.blob.core.windows.net/images/potw/mw/potw.jpg)
Humble milkweed.
A plant so named, because if you break its stem, it will produce a milky syrup. Incidentally, that “milk” is poisonous to humans.
I really think it’s a cool plant.
![star-shaped flowers in a spherical shape](https://whereissteve.blob.core.windows.net/images/potw/mw/flower.jpg)
In particular, the spherical arrangement of star-shaped flowers sticks out to me as somewhat unique among plants of this region.
I love the way they look when the7 have only buds and not yet flowers.
![pods on milkweed](https://whereissteve.blob.core.windows.net/images/potw/mw/pod.jpg)
I noticed the milkweed growing in a thick patch between the water tower and retention pond within the confines of an unfinished housing development near my parents’ house, and I’ve seen it in a few other spots elsewhere.
![A vibrant red beetle on a milkweed leaf.](https://whereissteve.blob.core.windows.net/images/potw/mw/beetle.jpg)
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Time Stamp | Friday, June 26 2020 at 04:11 PM |
Camera Make | Panasonic |
Camera Model | DMC-GX85 |
Focal Length | 30.0mm |
Aperture | ƒ/11.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.016666666666666666s |
ISO | 800 |
I don’t have much else to say, because I think the subject matter stands quite tall on its own.
![tall milkweed](https://whereissteve.blob.core.windows.net/images/potw/mw/stand.jpg)
(I promise I also took photos of log cabins, and an adorable baby bunny rabbit, but they’re not milkweed.)
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