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  2. Asclepias exaltata - Wikipedia

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    The plant resembles common milkweed , and can hybridize with this species where the two occur in close proximity. [2] Poke milkweed is found in moist woodland habitats, shores, and woodland edges. It grows in moist soil and sunny or partly shaded places. It usually grows from 2 to 6 feet (0.6 to 1.8 m) tall, but can exceed 6 feet in height ...

  3. Asclepias californica - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias californica is an important monarch butterfly caterpillar host plant, and chrysalis habitat plant. The cardiac glycosides caterpillars ingest from the plant are retained in the butterfly, making it unpalatable to predators. [4] Asclepias californica attracts a wide variety of pollinators including bees and other butterfly species. Its ...

  4. Asclepias incarnata - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias incarnata, the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a garden plant for its flowers , which attract butterflies and other pollinators with nectar .

  5. Asclepias tuberosa - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. [2] It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. [3]

  6. Asclepias speciosa - Wikipedia

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    This flowering plant is a hairy, erect perennial growing up to 120 cm (47 in) in height. [3] The pointed, elongate, simple, entire leaves are about 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long and arranged oppositely on stalks. [3] Milky sap is released when the leaves or stems are bruised or cut. [4]

  7. Asclepias cordifolia - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias cordifolia is a species of milkweed commonly called heart-leaf milkweed or purple milkweed (a common name shared with another milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens). [2] It is native to the western United States (California, Nevada, Oregon), growing between 50 and 2,000 m (160 and 6,560 ft) elevation in the northern Sierra Nevada and ...

  8. Asclepias curassavica - Wikipedia

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    Planting Asclepias curassavica in nonnative regions therefore remains controversial and criticized. Alternatively, native milkweed species (such as showy milkweed, narrowleaf milkweed, and desert milkweed for California [10]) are suggested for butterfly gardens. [11] It also attracts other members of the Danainae subfamily, such as the queen.

  9. Asclepias albicans - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias albicans is a species of milkweed known by the common names whitestem milkweed and wax milkweed. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, Arizona, and Baja California. This is a spindly erect shrub usually growing 1 to 3 meters (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 10 feet) tall, [1] but known to approach 4 metres (13 feet). The ...

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