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Asclepiadaceae

3-Asclepias plant

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Asclepias sullivantii, Sullivant's milkweed, a native prairie species. Note the umbel inflorescence and the milky sap running from a node where one leaf was removed (yellow arrow).

Photo by K. R. Robertson west of Lawrence, Kansas.

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