This rather large plant with the broad green leaves and balls of pink flowers is showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), a member of the Dogbane Family (Apocyaceae).
The flowers attract hummingbirds and monarch butterflies. Late in the year big, brown seed pods develop.
For more information about showy milkweed, click here.
This blog features a plant a day as I try to learn all the plants in the area where I live, in the central Great Basin. There are more than 1,000 plants known in this area, so it may take a few years!
Eventually I hope to have a photo for every plant listed in the Snake Range Key (link coming soon).
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