Asclepias Butterfly Weed. Also known as asclepias tuberosa orange milkweed pleurisy root and yellow milkweed the plant can grow to be anywhere from one to two feet tall and is characterized by glossy green leaves and clusters of bright orange to yellow blooms that are rich with nectar and. This plant is moderately salt tolerant.
To learn how to grow it germinate seed and other facts read on. Also known as asclepias tuberosa orange milkweed pleurisy root and yellow milkweed the plant can grow to be anywhere from one to two feet tall and is characterized by glossy green leaves and clusters of bright orange to yellow blooms that are rich with nectar and. Is butterfly weed invasive.
Butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa is a showy orange flowering native perennial flower.
This plant is moderately salt tolerant. Butterfly weed is a perennial which means they go dormant each winter and bounce back in the spring. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar it is also a larval food plant of the queen and monarch butterflies as well as the dogbane tiger moth milkweed tussock moth and. Sitting atop upright flowering stems clad with stiff lance shaped leaves the colorful umbels are followed by attractive seed pods in the fall.