FOTD: Bloodflower

September 20, 2017 / amoralegria

The scientific name for the Silky Scarlet Bloodflower is Asclepias curassavica. It is in the milkweed family, which is the family of plants on which monarch butterflies lay their eggs. I saw this flower on my most recent trip to the Chicago Botanic Gardens. 20170910_145557

Cee’s Flower of the Day, 9/20/17

2 thoughts on “FOTD: Bloodflower”

Cee Neuner

September 21, 2017 at 9:10 am

I love the colors of this flower.

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- amoralegria
  
  September 21, 2017 at 1:31 pm
  
  Me too! That’s what struck me when I saw them.
  
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