Milkweed Plant Monarch Butterfly. But in the last two decades the number of milkweed plants has plummeted. The slender needle like leaves of this monarch butterfly host plant don t look like many other milkweeds out there.
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As such milkweed is critical for the survival of monarchs. Monarch butterflies cannot survive without milkweed. If an animal eats a milkweed plant it can be harmful or even fatal so it is important to keep pets away from milkweed.
As such milkweed is critical for the survival of monarchs.
The winner is the asclepias incarnata common name. Some insects such as monarch butterflies have evolved a resistance to the poison and can safely consume the plants. Whorled milkweed asclepias verticillata. Milkweed asclepias spp is a family of perennial flowering plants that are native to africa and north and south america they are called milkweed because the plants contain latex a milky white fluid.
