Woolly Pod Milkweed. The springtime return of the woolly pod a milkweed native to the chaparral and oak woodland plant communities was a reward in itself. My purpose in planting it was to attract monarch butterflies.
Milkweed is the host plant for monarchs. Woolly pod milkweed asclepias eriocarpa as a poisonous plant. Females will lay their eggs only on milkweed and the caterpillars cannot eat anything else.
The springtime return of the woolly pod a milkweed native to the chaparral and oak woodland plant communities was a reward in itself.
The hairs on the seed pods are long giving a woolly appearance hence the common name. The plant stands erect with flowers born on stout and relatively long pedicels that arise from leaf axils. Department bulletin united states. The hairs on the seed pods are long giving a woolly appearance hence the common name.