Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
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Asclepias tuberosa
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Common name:
Butterfly Weed
Family:
Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)
Distribution:
North America
Hardiness:
3a
Life form:
Perennial plant
Comments:
This beautiful milkweed is a native of Oklahoma. It is commonly known as butterfly weed due to its ability to attract butterflies and other pollinators with its brightly-colored flowers and copious amounts of nectar.
Monarch butterflies seek out this plant and other milkweeds as a larval host plant. The orange flowers appear in early summer and last until fall. It might grow like a weed, needing little care or water, but it is well worthy of inclusion in ornamental gardens.
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Locations
1:
Center Lake
• Accession: 2015-1179/1 • Provenance: Garden
2:
Childrens Garden
• Accession: 2015-1217/1 • Provenance: Garden
3:
Color Curve
• Accession: 2022-18/1 • Provenance: Garden
4:
Meinders
• Accession: 2015-1098/1 • Provenance: Garden
5:
Meinders
• Accession: 2015-1233/1 • Provenance: Garden
6:
Prairie
• Accession: 2015-922/1 • Provenance: Garden
7:
Prairie
• Accession: 2017-80 • Provenance: Garden
8:
Waterwise Gardens
• Accession: 2020-144/1 • Provenance: Garden
9:
Waterwise Gardens
• Accession: 2020-145/1 • Provenance: Garden
Area
Individual