Milkweed Prairie Plants. Prairie milkweed asclepias sullivantii 10 seeds. Visited by hummingbirds and a wide variety of bees and butterflies including of.
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Prairie milkweed is also called sullivant s milkweed named for william starling sullivant an american botanist of the mid 1800 s. View prairie milkweed plant information at plants usda gov. How you can sustain wildlife with native plants.
Supports monarch butterfly caterpillars.
However it is less aggressive and therefore a more manageable plant in the garden than common milkweed prairie milkweed is native to iowa. Prairie milkweed is usually a shorter plant than common milkweed and it produces fewer umbels of flowers from the axils of its leaves. It supports many insects and is important in the food chain by providing i. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit.
