They have parachutes so they could fly
Milkweed seeds have little silken parachutes. They travel with the wind.
Things like kapok and thistle down? Parachutes for seeds
They are caught by even the slightest breeze - making them travel far from the parent plant.
Milkweed creates silken parachutes for its seeds so they can travel in the wind.
Mother Nature, people, and wildlife interventions and structural adaptations are the ways in which milkweeds spread their seeds. The plant in question (Asclepias) has a parachute-like covering to each seed which therefore can be spread easily by breezes, storms, or winds. Its seed likewise cooperates with any opportunities for dislodgement and movement through intentional or non-intentional displacements by people and wildlife.
They are spread by the wind. When the flower matures from its usual yellow, the seeds, sporting tiny white 'parachutes' are blown about by the wind - often for considerable distances.
Some of the ingenious adaptations for this method of wind dispersal include seeds that resemble parachutes, helicopters and gliders. Examples are- Calotropis, Adenium and Alestonia seeds.
Its still parachutes.
The wind, kids blowing the seeds around, and also possibly animals eating it going somewhere else and pooping it out.
Parachutes come in varying sizes.
Milkweed seeds have silk parachutes and fly with the wind. In addition, the plant sends out underground runners to start new plants.