Wild Butterfly Weed. Butterfly weed really lives up to its name. Butterfly weed plants spread by way of seeds which are released from large pods in early autumn.
Unlike other members of its group it doesn t ooze a sticky white sap if damaged. Butterfly weed really lives up to its name. Butterfly weed is a must have plant for green thumbs looking to coax its namesake beautiful winged insects into their garden.
But larvae are picky eaters for a very good reason.
Sometimes called pleurisy root butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa is a perennial wildflower grown for its showy reddish orange flower clusters and textured. Butterfly weed belongs to the milkweed family. Monarchs and other butterflies sip nectar from the flowers as they do many other flowers. Asclepias tuberosa the butterfly weed is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern north america.