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Insect visitors to the plant include wasps, honeybees, and lepidopterans such as moths and the cabbage white. [5] Like other milkweed species, this plant is a host plant for the monarch butterfly whose caterpillars feed on the leaves. The plant is toxic to livestock. [3]
A monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed Asclepias syriaca seed pods, upper image from August and lower from December Milkweed sprout, a few days after sowing Chemical structure of oleandrin, one of the cardiac glycosides. Members of the genus produce some of the most complex flowers in the plant kingdom, comparable to orchids in complexity.
Asclepias viridiflora, is commonly known as green comet milkweed, green-flower milkweed, and green milkweed. It is a widely distributed species of milkweed ( Asclepias ), known from much of the eastern and central United States from Connecticut to Georgia to Arizona to Montana , as well as southern Canada and northern Mexico . [ 1 ]
Gomphocarpus physocarpus is an undershrub perennial herb, that can grow to over six feet. The plant blooms in warm months. It grows on roadside banks, at elevations of 2800 to 5000 feet above sea level. The plant prefers moderate moisture, as well as sandy and well-drained soil and full sun. Its propagation can be done by seeds or by cuttings.
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 .
Asclepias subulata is a species of milkweed known commonly as the rush milkweed, desert milkweed [1] or ajamete. This is an erect perennial herb which loses its leaves early in the season and stands as a cluster of naked stalks. Atop the stems are inflorescences of distinctive flowers. Each cream-white flower has a reflexed corolla that reveals ...
Asclepias prostrata, commonly known as prostrate milkweed, is a species of perennial plant in the genus Asclepias. [2] It has triangular to elliptical foliage with wavy margins, stems up to 16 inches (410 mm) long, and grows low to the ground (hence the name, which refers to a prostrate growth habit) in sandy soils.
Asclepias humistrata, the sandhill milkweed, is a species of milkweed plant. It is also known as pinewoods milkweed and pink-veined milkplant. It belongs in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. It is native to the southeastern United States. It blooms in spring and summer. The flowers are pink lavender and white. [2]