How to grow Zizotes Milkweed

Asclepias oenotheroides

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Zizotes Milkweed Folklore & Trivia

During WWII the silky part attached to the seeds was used for life jackets.¹²³ Milkweed is more bouyant then cork by 5 or 6 fold.¹²³

Other names for Zizotes Milkweed

Hierba de Zizotes, Longhorn milkweed, Side-cluster milkweed, Primrose milkweed, Lindheimer's milkweed

Asclepias oenotheroides Cham. & Schltdl.

Footnotes

¹ Native Plant Society of Texas

² Washington Post

³ “Your Country’s Armed Services Need Milkweed Floss: How You Can Help” :https://archive.org/stream/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp_djvu.txt