Asclepias Tuberosa Butterfly Weed. Sitting atop upright flowering stems clad with stiff lance shaped leaves the colorful umbels 2 5 inches across 5 12 cm are followed by attractive seed pods in fall. Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians.
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 2 5 inches across 5 12 cm are followed by attractive seed pods in fall. It s popularly used in gardens to attract butterflies.
Asclepias tuberosa commonly called butterfly weed is a tuberous rooted missouri native perennial which occurs in dry rocky open woods glades prairies fields and roadsides throughout the state steyermark it typically grows in a clump to 1 3 tall and features clusters umbels of bright orange to yellow orange flowers atop upright to reclining hairy stems.
Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. Sitting atop upright flowering stems clad with stiff lance shaped leaves the colorful umbels are followed by attractive seed pods in the fall. Sitting atop upright flowering stems clad with stiff lance shaped leaves the colorful umbels 2 5 inches across 5 12 cm are followed by attractive seed pods in fall. Asclepias tuberosa common name.