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Garden Plant Detail
Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa
Plant Species Synonym Names
Scientific: Asclepias tuberosa var. interior
Common: Buterfly weed, Orange Milkweed
Family
Milkweed - Asclepiadaceae
Image
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Description
One of the few orange flowers in Kansas, this plant is an excellent choice for the home landscape. The plants are long lived and very showy. Provides food for the larva of the Monarch butterfly. This is the interior variety which has terminal flowers and bushier plants. Its a very drought tolerant plant. Not a predictable seed producer.
Characteristics
Mature Height: 2.5'
Mature Width: 3.0'
Flower Color: Orange
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