Purple Milkweed Asclepias Purpurascens. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about asclepias species purple milkweed asclepias purpurascens supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. The flowers are a great source of nectar for butterflies hummingbirds bees and other beneficial insects.
Purple milkweed asclepias purpurascens by tania hanline. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about asclepias species purple milkweed asclepias purpurascens supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. It is a native perennial listed as endangered in massachusetts and wisconsin and as a species of special concern in tennessee and connecticut.
Asclepias purpurascens is best identified when in flower.
The opposite leaves are up to 6 long and 3 across. Photo courtesy of the vagary. Asclepias purpurascens commonly called purple milkweed is a rough weedy missouri native perennial that commonly occurs in dry to moist open woods dry ridge tops thickets glades prairie openings stream banks and wet meadows throughout most of the state steyermark it is similar in appearance to common milkweed a. Asclepias purpurascens is best identified when in flower.