Red Milkweed. The flowers are pink to purple and occur in clusters from june to july and attract bees and butterflies. Other us native milkweed species paid link try audible and get two free audiobooks.
Monarch butterflies lay their eggs exclusively on plants in the asclepias genus otherwise known as milkweeds. The red milkweed is part of a genus consisting of over 120 different varieties of milkweed plants known as asclepias it is found growing in swamps bogs and pine barrens in the us from new york to florida as well as the gulf coast to texas. The flowers are pink to purple and occur in clusters from june to july and attract bees and butterflies.
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Red milkweed is a native perennial wildflower found in the sandhills swampy areas and wet pine savannas from new jersey south to florida and west to teas. Bringing nature home updated and expanded. The flowers are pink to purple and occur in clusters from june to july and attract bees and butterflies. Monarch butterfly host plant.