Milkweed Look Like. 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. Most species are toxic to humans and many other species primarily due to the presence of cardenolides although as with many such plants there are species that feed upon them i e.
These milkweed flower buds are wonderful in stir fries soups rice casseroles and many other dishes. 145618662 dried milkweed seeds in golden winter vegetation and blurred. 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.
Leaves of joe pye weed are long 25cm spear shaped dark green and coarsely serrated growing in whorls of 3 4 from a central stem.
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants known as milkweeds named for their latex a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides exuded where cells are damaged. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit. Add to likebox 136681144 purple calotropis gigantea common name of crown flower plant. 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.