Common milkweed seed pod is called a follicle. This perennial plant is in the Asclepias family. The seeds bear a cluster of white white silky filament hairs called coma, pappus, floss, plume, or silk, and are spread by wind. It grows best in marshy areas. The filaments from the coma the `floss` are hollow and coated with wax, and have good insulation qualities. Concept photo, symbolic of `hanging on by a thread` peril, danger, close to failure, death, or bad outcome; resilience, tenacity.

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