How to grow Clasping Milkweed

Asclepias amplexicaulis

How long does Clasping Milkweed take to grow?

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Clasping Milkweed Etymology

The botanical epithet is from the Latin amplexicaulis meaning “clasping the stem”.¹

Clasping Milkweed Folklore & Trivia

During WWII the silky part attached to the seeds was used for life jackets.²³⁴ Milkweed is more bouyant then cork by 5 or 6 fold.²³⁴

Other names for Clasping Milkweed

Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.

Footnotes

¹ Latin Dictionary

² Native Plant Society of Texas

³ Washington Post

⁴ “Your Country’s Armed Services Need Milkweed Floss: How You Can Help” :https://archive.org/stream/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp_djvu.txt