(iPhone 6, Camera360 app, 2014-11-01)

Graine d'espoir / Hope's seed
Asclepias syriaca: asclépiade / milkweed
(iPhone 6, iPhone camera app, 2014-11-01)

This weed, known by the common name of "milkweed" and sometimes hated, is however an extraordinary plant that deserves to be preserved: not only it is the favourite food of the beautiful monarch butterfly, it produces a milky sap that contains latex but its silky fiber can also be used to make cloth (sold under the brand name of “Monark”).
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