Wild Milkweed Vine. It s also the only vine that has been regularly reported as a monarch host plant. This native milkweed vine can be grown in hardiness zones 4a 9b.
Add to favorites. Doing so they ingest toxic milkweed chemicals that in turn make the insect toxic to its predators. The species name tuberose refers to the tuberous knobby and with swellings roots.
The plant has actually been a food source for native american tribes who carefully prepared it by cooking.
Monarchs also lay their eggs on the plant and their larvae feed on the foliage. Proper identification of this wild plant is very important since it has a poisonous look alike called dogbane. Doing so they ingest toxic milkweed chemicals that in turn make the insect toxic to its predators. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a really delicious and nutritious plant when properly cooked.