What does a common milkweed look like?

Answer 1

Milkweed bug are orange and black in color, they have delicate legs, long proboscis, the females have one black stripe and two black dots whereas the male has two thick black stripes. Their long proboscis help them to bore a seed and inject salivary enzymes, making it easy for them to digest.

Answer 2

Common milkweed is a perennial plant with clusters of pink to purplish flowers. It has large, broad leaves that are arranged opposite each other on the stem. The plant also produces distinctive seed pods that are grayish-green and covered in small spines.

Answer 3

The flower resembles a small Trumpet (like the orange red flower of the trumpet vine) and is yellow with small orange dots. the leaves are a sage color green, have scalloped edges and is a simple leaf structure, meaning that it has a center vein and small veins coming from the center vein to the edge of the leaf. The leaves will hold tiny water droplets after a rain. Most generally you will find the jewelweed plant in areas where deer roam as it's a favorite food for them, along streams and marshes, places where it's damp and does not have a lot of sunlight.

Answer 4

Common milkweed gets about 4 feet tall. It has pinkish purple clusters of flowers that smell very sweet. If you break the plant stem or leaf, it has a milky white sap. The leaves are oval and flat. They usually have red and black milkweed beetles on them.

Answer 5

go to Google and images and type in Milkweed and they will show you ok by

Answer 6

Yes, milkweed does have flowers. They are usually pinkish-purple in color.

Answer 7

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