Presented in Association with the Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)
The Asclepiadaceae are small colorful herbs, sometimes viney, usually with milky sap.
The flowers have a set of 5 hoodlike structures forming a corona, which looks like an extra set
of thickened, rolled petals. The fruit is a follicle. Inside the follicle are seeds with
whitish hairs.