Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Permaculture Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) is

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) is quite a plant

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The flowers are quite attractive with the white to sometimes creamy green white color are really an unexpected surprise

It is also one of the most tolerant of drought and full sun of its kind

and is a resilient plant that can be installed for stream and river stabilization projects

Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Permaculture Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) isMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a