
This macro image shows autumn ripened seed pods on a swamp milkweed plant (asclepias incarnata) that have split open naturally, dispersing seeds containing silky floss for airborne movement.
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This macro image shows autumn ripened seed pods on a swamp milkweed plant (asclepias incarnata) that have split open naturally, dispersing seeds containing silky floss for airborne movement.
Highly detailed macro image of a single seed pod from Swamp Milkweed flower Asclepias incarnata which has wispy windblown feathery strands attached to brown seeds that are carefully aligned in the shell
Seeds from the pod of a Butterfly Weed blowing in the wind.
Mezzotint illustration of Milkweed plant and seeds pods. cut out.
Milkweed seed in blowing away with the wind
Seedlings of a milkweed blowing in the autumn wind.
Seeds from butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa. Loose seeds with ruler for size reference.
Glade in forest of green pods asclepias syriaca with seeds. Common milkweed plant with textured immature fruits. Follicles of wild syrian milkwort in late summer. Stem and capsule of perennial weed.
Shot of three Milkweed plants with seeds exposed and white fiber strands on an autumn day.
Brown plants with fluffy white flowers, known as common milkweed
milkweed pod scattering seeds, autumn
Close-up of a milkweed that is seeding in a field on a cold November afternoon with blurred vegetation in the background.
commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. men holding seed in palm show. harvesting, pick seeds, syriacus, syriaca
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant. The seeds are attached to long, white flossy hairs and encased in large folicles. Milkweed is an important part of the monarch butterflies life cycle and preservation.
Close up view of common milkweed plants gone to seed in their natural setting in the winter.
Large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on milkweed (Asclepias sp.) pod in summer.
Mezzotint illustration of Milkweed plant and seeds pods. cut out.
seedling takes flight from a milkweed pod.
Along the shore of the Otonabee river, a milkweed pod is fully open exposing the brown seeds and silky white fibres.
Watercolor illustration on dark brown brackground.
Large Milkweed Bug nymph (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on a milkweed plant seed pod Asclepias viridis in Houston, TX isolated macro view.
Milkweed and Open Seed Pod in Snow in a vertical close up.
Milkweed plant (Asclepias viridis) and seed pod, native to Southeastern USA. These plants carry a mild toxin that certain insects feed on.
The large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus or O. fasciatus, is a specialist herbivore that frequently consumes common milkweed seeds after the pods open.
Close-up of a dried milkweed plant seeding in a field on a cold December day with blurred snow and brown wilted grass in the background.
Close-up of a dried milkweed plant seeding in a field on a cold December day with a blurred background.
Close-up of milkweed seeds in beautiful autumn sunlight, autumn background
Freshly cracked seed pod of a milkweed plant, before the seeds start to disperse.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) knows as butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant.
Close-up of a milkweed pod, a plant common in North America. The plant provides important food for the Monarch butterfly.
A milkweed seed pod explodes open revealing new seeds for new life.
The milkweed flowers - Asclepias (Asclepias syriaca) , flowering plants traditionally used for medicinal purposes.
A single milkweed seed doing its thang... Flying and floating around in the air.
Milkweed seed pods about to be scattered by the wind.
Close-up on the fruits (follicles aka pods) of the common milkweed. Immature milkweed fruits with adjacent leaves on green background.
Milkweed plant seed pods with a backdrop of goldenrod. The pods form in late summer and are horn shaped, filled with seeds and floss which allow the seed to travel on the wind.
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