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plant | Asclepias purpurascens |
common_name | Purple Milkweed |
plant_type | Forb |
bloom_range | Jun 13th to Jun 29th |
bloomed | Hasn't Bloomed Yet in 2024 |
quantity | 98.00 |
beds | B Beds |
legend_id |
umid | 15 |
botanical_name | Asclepias purpurascens |
common_name | Purple Milkweed |
plant_type | flowering herbaceous perennial |
fol_persis | deciduous |
nativity | Great Lakes native |
hardiness | 3 to 8 |
typical_height_ft | 2-3' |
typical_width_ft | 1'-3' |
light_type | full sun, part shade or moderate shade |
details_on_light_needs | Prefers part shade, especially in dry soils |
soil_type | clay, loam |
soil_preference | Mesic soils |
soil_moisture | dry to moist |
details_on_soil_moisture_needs | May wilt in drought, especially young plants |
drought_tol | medium tolerance |
deer_tol | high tolerance (also called deer resistant) |
salt_tol | salt tolerant |
heat_tol | heat |
plant_form | erect or upright |
foliage_color | bright green, dark green |
fall_color | yellow-brown |
bloom_time | July, June |
bloom_color | pink, purple |
fruit_type | Pod |
fruit_color | tan |
winter_form | seed head |
eco_value | bee, bird, butterfly |
combines_well_with | Bonesets, Bottle Gentian, Culver's Root varieties, Little Bluestem, Coneflowers, meadow grasses |
notes | Larval host for monarch butterflies; root system is fleshy taproot & rhizomes; takes 3+ years to flower |
citation1 | https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/pur_milkweed.htm |
citation2 | https://www.prairiemoon.com/asclepias-purpurascens-purple-milkweed-prairie-moon-nursery.html |
citation3 | https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=276864 |
citation4 | https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/purple-milkweed |
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