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  2. 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. List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

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    Asclepias spp. 55 species Perennial 7 8 feral, all species are great for honeybees, nectar is so abundant that shaking the blossoms allows visible nectar fall major – 120–250 lb/acre, depending on soil and if good fertilization, Asclepias syriaca has the highest honey yield. F Butterfly weed [4] Asclepias tuberosa: Perennial 7 8 no feral ...

  4. Butterfly gardening - Wikipedia

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    [55] [56] As a result of these factors, reproducing monarchs lay fewer eggs on A. tuberosa than they do on most other milkweeds. [55] [52] While the plant's colorful flowers provide nectar for many adult butterflies, A. tuberosa may therefore be less suitable for use in butterfly gardens and monarch waystations than are other milkweed species. [55]

  5. Asclepias - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of Asclepias species - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of species in the flowering plant genus Asclepias. As of February 2024 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepts 204 species in Asclepias . [ 1 ]

  7. Asclepias syriaca - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. [ 4 ]

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