Show milkweeds Milk weeds poisonous sometimes kill stock whorled milkweeds milk weeds arc poisonous to live stock and sometimes c cause ause losses among horses cattle and sheep whorled milkweeds milk weeds have slender stalks the leaves are narrow and are re from two to three inches long they develop in clusters or whorls oi of several needlelike leaves around the stalk the lowers flowers are of greenish white the botanists name tor for this weed Is common milkweeds milk weeds have a heavier stalk than the whorled variety the leaves are comparatively broad oblong in shape and placed on opposite sides of the stalk the flowers are of a rose purple the botanical name Is sy cyriaca syr laca the swamp variety Is known botanically as incarnata it has a larger deeper hued blossom than the common milkweed milkweeds Milk weeds are deeply rooted perennial plants producing se ds in pods with a flossliee flos material inside the pods the pods of the common milkweed are larger than those of 0 the whorled or swamp milkweed |