Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
October 12, 2020
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of last week's Monday Nature Mystery, Meg Hass French!
We had some great guesses! Meg was the first to post the correct answer: Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens). According to the Missouri Botanical Garden: purple milkweed, is a rough, weedy, native perennial that commonly occurs in dry to moist open woods, dry ridge tops, thickets, glades, prairie openings, stream banks and wet meadows. It is similar in appearance to common milkweed (A. syriaca), except its flowers are deep rose pink and its leaves are more pointed.
Want to learn more about native plants and creating habitat? Visit our Audubon at Home page.
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag. Here is this week’s mystery photo:
Be sure to post your answers on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess!
Photo: Judy Gallagher
Do you know what this is? Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under Monday Nature Mystery.
