Milkweed Flowers. They include swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata which is a u s. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a native herbaceous perennial whose main virtue is its appeal to butterflies especially the monarch which deposits its eggs on the milkweed when the caterpillars hatch they feed on the leaves of milkweed.
Department of agriculture. Milkweeds produce star shaped flowers that appear in clusters on tall woody stems. There are 5 separate sepals petal like leaves and 5 fused petals.
Native and hardy in u s.
Native and hardy in u s. Add to likebox 105305281 flowering milkweed plant. Asclepias syriaca commonly called common milkweed butterfly flower silkweed silky swallow wort and virginia silkweed is a species of flowering plant it is in the genus asclepias the milkweeds this species is native to southern canada and of much of the conterminous eastern u s east of the rocky mountains excluding the drier parts of the prairies. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit.