Butterfly Milkweed. Milkweed is a beneficial wildflower. Clear not milky sap.
Monarchs favor a variety of milkweeds and in fact with variety they ll lay more eggs. It is surprisingly tolerant of partial shade but will emerge later there. Because butterfly milkweed asclepias tuberosa is the only milkweed in illinois that has orange flowers it is easy to identify.
Monarchs favor a variety of milkweeds and in fact with variety they ll lay more eggs.
Butterfly milkweed a perennial wildflower also known as asclepias thrives in meadows and along roadsides but they re also terrific in flower beds too. The species name tuberose refers to the tuberous knobby and with swellings roots. Monarchs favor a variety of milkweeds and in fact with variety they ll lay more eggs. Butterfly weed is a member of the milkweed family asclepiadaceae.