Swallowtail on milkweed
The milkweed has such a lovely fragrance when it is blooming that it's amazing it is considered a weed.
This swallowtail butterfly seems to have injured one of its tails.
posted by Walker at 5:42 PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The milkweed has such a lovely fragrance when it is blooming that it's amazing it is considered a weed.
This swallowtail butterfly seems to have injured one of its tails.
3 Comments:
Some of my favorite wild flowers are called "weeds" by others.
I have apparently never seen a true milkweed. Much different then what we called milkweed when I was a kid. The flowers were white and sticky.... and if you broke the stalk a sticky white substance flowed out..... probably why we called it milkweek.
Milkweeds have a scent?
Dang...I never knew that! Ours are blooming now too, looks like I'm gonna have to investigate this on my walk today!
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