Common Name: Purple Milkweed
Scientific Name: Asclepias purpurescens
Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweeds)
Blooming Period: May - July
Taken at: Spinn Prairie, 7/1/97

The Purple Milkweed grows up to 3', and when you see one - you'll know what it is. This flower glows purple. I can't get the color of the photograph to come out quite right, but this is a plant that I saw from a long way away. It grows in prairies and prairie-woodland edges.