Macro Image Of Milkweed Stock Photo

Image shows is a macro of a common plant or weed, known as milkweed. Taken in southeast Colorado near the Arkansas River. Liked how the image showed the star shaped blooms and the reds and greens of the bulbs and leaves. Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic.