Asclepias tuberosa
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| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae
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| Species: | A. tuberosa
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Asclepias tuberosa (also known as the butterfly flower) is a species of milkweed plant. It belongs in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. It is native to North America. It blooms from June to September. The flowers are orange, red-orange, or yellow. This species is found in prairies, meadows, and fields. It likes well-drained soil and sunny or partly shaded places. Butterfly Weed grows from 0.3 to 0.9 meters tall (1–3 feet).[1]
It has many other names, including the butterfly weed, the Canada root, the chigger flower (or chiggerflower), the fluxroot, the Indian paintbrush, the Indian posy, the orange milkweed, the orange swallow-wort, the Pleurisy Root, the silky swallow-wort, the tuber root, the yellow milkweed, the white-root, and the windroot.
Common names[change | change source]
Butterfly Weed has many common names. Here is a list of them:
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ William Cullina (2000). Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America. The New England Wildflower Society. ISBN 0-395-96609-4
Other websites[change | change source]
- Asclepias tuberosa at USDA PLANT Database
- Asclepias tuberosa at Evergreen Native Plant Database[permanent dead link]
