The Milkweed Plant. Milkweed is a lovely wildflower and the sole host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Why grow milkweed plants.
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The milkweed plant is commonly found along the roadsides in fields and meadows of north america. Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants known as milkweeds named for their latex a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides exuded where cells are damaged. Grow milkweed plants in mixed borders meadows and natural areas.
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The milkweed plant is commonly found along the roadsides in fields and meadows of north america. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a native herbaceous perennial whose main virtue is its appeal to butterflies especially the monarch which deposits its eggs on the milkweed when the caterpillars hatch they feed on the leaves of milkweed. Monarch butterflies are rapidly declining due to loss of habitat and use of pesticides. It also produces a chemical that makes monarchs toxic and.
