Milkweed Milk. The name common fits the plant well because when not in bloom it goes pretty much unnoticed growing humbly along roadsides in fields and in wastelands. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is the best known of the 100 or so milkweed species native to north america.
We have you covered with our hunting public milkweed pouches by butterfly effect outdoors. Every month for the past 34 years the milkweed has been providing subscribers with facts and insights about events determining prices for dairy commodities and farm milk. 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.
Heart leaf milkweed purple milkweed note that purple milkweed is also a common name for asclepias purpurascens native range.
It can also be a pesky weed. These days milkweed is better known as a means of attracting the monarch butterfly to your garden but for those of you with an interest in herbal remedies milkweed can still offer numerous benefits. The milkweed reports what s really happening in the 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.