Antelope Milkweed Plant. It is a perennial plant growing to 0 3 0 9 m 1 3 feet tall with clustered greenish yellow flowers with maroon highlights. Asclepias asperula antelope horns milkweed is a clump forming perennial of upright or sprawling habit boasting amazingly intricate rounded clusters 2 in.
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Beginning in june aggressively trim back one plant at a time to provide fresh foliage for butterfly larvae all summer long. Blooming from spring to fall the flowers are borne atop sturdy stems that are densely covered with minute hairs. Planting a block of milkweed is the easiest way to help rebound the plummeting population of this beloved butterfly but you might choose to plant it based on looks alone.
Asclepias asperula is divided into two subspecies.
It is a perennial plant growing to 0 3 0 9 m 1 3 feet tall with clustered greenish yellow flowers with maroon highlights. Across 5 cm of tiny flowers each adorned with 5 upright pale green petals that cup upward over 5 white hoods. It blooms from april through june. Antelope horn or green flowered milkweed spider milkweed asclepias asperula quick info.
