Date: 04/10/2019

Number: 1

There are tens of thousands of Asclepias asperula on our property. A. asperula is the only milkweed here that has emerged. (Typically A few A. viridis may show up after mid April, though not in numbers until May. Other Asclepias species too late too few for Migration.) In some areas a milkweed plant every foot or two. Smaller ones with no inflorescences are difficult to pick out. Must walk carefully to avoid stepping on them. The largest disks have passed two feet in diameter. Some are beginning to put branches upward now.

Photo: A large disk is centered in the photo. (large for the date. They will grow larger and become mounds. In the photo there are at least five other forb species visible blooming. There are several smaller milkweeds around the edges and part of another large milkweed at 5 o'clock position.

Walnut Springs, TX

Latitude: 32.1 Longitude: -97.9

Observed by: Gregg
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