Asclepias Fascicularis Plants For Sale. If you plan to introduce monarch caterpillars to this plant we recommend. Asclepias fascicularis is commonly known as narrowleaf milkweed or mexican whorled milkweed and is a common host plant for monarch butterflies in the western us.
Thin narrow leaves give this milkweed an open and easy to grow perennial that serves as a host plant for monarch butterflies as well as a nectar source for many other bees and butterflies. It has narrow mid green 5 inch long leaves bundled in fascicles and attractive 2 inch wide clusters of rose pink flowers through the summer and then in late. Ca id nv or ut wa.
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It has narrow mid green 5 inch long leaves bundled in fascicles and attractive 2 inch wide clusters of rose pink flowers through the summer and then in late. If you plan to introduce monarch caterpillars to this plant we recommend. Asclepias fascicularis sends up multiple thin upright stems topped with dense umbels of pale pink and mauve flowers. Asclepias fascicularis narrow leaved milkweed an easy to grow native perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall by an equal width and rhizomes that spread the plant to form small stands.