Asclepias Viridis O Algodoncillo. Monarch butterfly garden bring home the butterflies. It is a short drought tolerant not aggressive asclepias featuring rose white flowers surrounded by green.
It is a short drought tolerant not aggressive asclepias featuring rose white flowers surrounded by green. This milkweed is a perennial herb with alternately arranged leaves. Asclepias viridis is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common names green antelopehorn and spider milkweed it is native to the southcentral and southeastern united states.
This milkweed is a perennial herb with alternately arranged leaves.
Its simple beauty and spreading habit make it a desirable garden choice for butterfly gardens and monarch waystations. Blooming from late spring to midsummer the flowers are borne on sturdy stems clad with long narrow pale green leaves often folded lengthwise. Asclepias viridis commonly called green or green flowered milkweed is an erect to sometimes decumbent glabrous perennial that grows to 20 30 tall on usually upright stems clad with mostly alternate short stalked pointed ovate lanceolate pale green leaves to 2 5 long stems and leaves exude a milky sap when cut or bruised. It can be found along roadsides ditches prairies open areas and other areas with little vegetative competition.