Look what’s popped up among my zinnias. ID please? | Walter Reeves: The Georgia Gardener

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Volunteer wildflower with strap like leaves and dainty yellow blooms.

Heather Susuras Leaf Lover says:

Looks like Asclepias curassavica

May 23rd, 2018 at 4:21pm
Karen Converse Leaf Lover says:

At first I thought it looked like milkweed, but it doesn’t look like my other asclepias tuberosa plants and I couldn’t find a picture of a milkweed that looks like this. Can you tell me which one it is please?

August 11th, 2017 at 5:59pm
Walter Reeves Master Identifier says:

butterfly weed

August 10th, 2017 at 8:13pm

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