Spider Milkweed Traditional Cache

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KansasKacher: I had gotten permission from an individual to hide these caches. Not sure if there has been a change of management, but I have been asked to remove them.

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Hidden : 4/15/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is part of the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway Wildflower Series.

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Suggested equipment: a log roller and a step stool.

Height: 8-26 inches
Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family
Flowering Period:   May, June, July
Also Called:   Green antelopehorn.
Stems:   Ascending, 1-2, simple or sparingly branched above, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above.
Leaves:   Mostly alternate, simple, short-stalked, ascending to spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long, 1/2 to 2 inches wide, glabrous or sparsely fine hairy; margins entire; tips pointed, rounded or notched.
Inflorescences:   Umbels, 1-7, 3 to 5 inches wide, short-stalked, 3-18-flowered, terminal.
Flowers:   5-parted, about 1/2 inch tall, on stalks 1/2 to 1 inch long; calyx lobes lanceolate, green to purple-tinged, minutely pubescent; corolla lobes elliptic-lanceolate, pale green, glabrous, curving upward, about twice as long as hoods; hoods club-shaped, purplish; tips arched; horns absent.
Fruits:   Pods, spindle-shaped, 2.5 to 5 inches long, 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide, slightly hairy, erect on downward-curved stalks; seeds broadly egg-shaped, tufted with white or light tan hairs at tips.
Habitat:   Dry prairies, pastures, ditch banks, and disturbed ground, on sandy or rocky limestone soils.
Distribution:   East 2/3 of Kansas.
Comments:   Spider milkweed can become abundant in overgrazed pastures. Formerly treated as Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed Family.
    Resembles spider antelopehorn Asclepias asperula

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