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plant | Asclepias tuberosa |
common_name | Butterfly Weed |
plant_type | Forb |
bloom_range | Jun 18th to Sep 17th |
bloomed | Hasn't Bloomed Yet in 2024 |
quantity | 66.00 |
beds | A Beds |
legend_id |
umid | 16 |
botanical_name | Asclepias tuberosa |
common_name | Butterflyweed |
plant_type | flowering herbaceous perennial |
fol_persis | deciduous |
nativity | Great Lakes native |
hardiness | 3 to 9 |
typical_height_ft | 1-3' |
typical_width_ft | 1.5-2' |
light_type | full sun |
details_on_light_needs | |
soil_type | loam, sand |
soil_preference | Sand, low nutrients |
soil_moisture | dry to moist |
details_on_soil_moisture_needs | Prefers drier, sandier, more acidic soils but will adapt to loam, clay if well drained |
drought_tol | drought tolerant |
deer_tol | high tolerance (also called deer resistant) |
salt_tol | salt tolerant |
heat_tol | heat |
plant_form | clumped, erect or upright |
foliage_color | dark green |
fall_color | yellow-brown |
bloom_time | July, June |
bloom_color | orange |
fruit_type | Pod |
fruit_color | |
winter_form | architectural, seed head |
eco_value | butterfly, erosion control |
combines_well_with | Tall Coreopsis, Blazing Star, Sweet Coneflower, Blue False Indigo, Sage spp., ornamental grasses like Little Bluestem, Prairie Dropseed |
notes | Larval host for monarch butterflies. Plants are slow to emerge late in the spring. Deep taproot resents transplanting. |
citation1 | https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b490 |
citation2 | https://wimastergardener.org/article/butterflyweed-asclepias-tuberosa/ |
citation3 | https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/btf_milkweedx.htm |
citation4 | https://www.midwestgroundcovers.com/plant/Asclepias-tuberosa-NGN |
citation5 | http://www.newmoonnursery.com/plant/Asclepias-tuberosa |