Swamp Milkweed-characterized by beautiful pink flowers and the only milkweed to support saturated soils.
Butterfly Milkweed- characterized by the uncommon color of orange flowers on a short growing plant.
Common Milkweed-characterized by its ubiquity in prairies and large puffy purple-magenta flowers on a medium to tall growing plant.
Whorled Milkweed- characterized by small bunches of white flowers on a very short single stemmed plant with thin whorled leaves.
Sullivant's Milkweed- the flowers look like a mixture of common milkweed and swamp milkweed. Or, looks like common milkweed except the flower bunches are smaller and more delicate. The leaves are very lanceolate with a strong red central vein running through. This plant can grow in moist, but not saturated soils.
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