Narrow Leaf Milkweed Seedling. They are in pots only a few inches high. Narrow leaf milkweed sometimes called mexican whorled milkweed is a california native flower that is a preferred food source for monarch butterflies.
A narrow leaf milkweed seedpod has about 30 seeds one the pots had 18 seedlings. It is one of several milkweeds that are well known continue reading narrow leaf milkweed. Narrow leaved milkweed asclepias fascicularis a perennial is one of four species of milkweed found in the santa monica mountains grows in grassland habitats and flowers from late may into the first days of fall.
My plan is to replace all the tropical with the narrow leaf or other native milkweed because of the concern that tropical milkweed is infecting monarchs with ophryocystis elektroscirrha oe.
It is a virtually carefree perennial that has light green narrow leaves on 3 stalks with clusters of pinkish white flowers in summer. About narrow leaf milkweed asclepias fascicularis 49 nurseries carry this plant add to my plant list. They are in pots only a few inches high. Asclepias fascicularis is found in most of the western states.