File:J20160707-0135—Asclepias eriocarpa-w Apis mellifera—RPBG (27695833984).jpg

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Description Asclepias eriocarpa—Kotolo milkweed. When I was a child during World War II, I, like many farm children, collected milkweed pods for life vests. The milkweed floss was a replacement for kapok that was no longer available from what were then called the Dutch East Indies occupied by the Japanese. The milkweed was forgotten after the war and returned to being just a weed until a few years ago when it once again stepped into the spotlight as the host plants for monarch butterflies. Thus, the plant has gone from being a savior of sailors to a savior of butterflies. What will happen once the current craze has passed and the butterfly gardens go to waste? Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.
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Author John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America
Camera location37° 53′ 40.28″ N, 122° 14′ 38.25″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by John Rusk at https://flickr.com/photos/12303842@N00/27695833984. It was reviewed on 25 May 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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