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Milkweed of meadows and prairies, grows 1- 2.5 feet tall. It has umbels of orange flowers that bloom early summer to midsummer and sometimes again in late summer-autumn. One of few orange native flowers. These are also great a cut flowers. Grows in dry, sunny locations. Native to Massachusetts.
Like many other milkweeds this plant is a host for monarch butterflies. Special attention has been brought to the milkweeds because of their specialist association with the monarch butterfly caterpillars as part of efforts to protect monarch butterflies. On Dr. RJ Gegear’s list of plants for at risk insects including native bees. Also known as Butterfly Milkweed, Pleurisy Root.
Size: 4″ pots
Photo Credit: Butterfly_Weed_Asclepias_tuberosa_Umbel by (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons
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