General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous

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Common names
  • Redring Milkweed
  • White Milkweed
  • Milkweed
  • White-flowered Milkweed

Photo Gallery
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2006-05-29
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Central Arkansas
Date: 2013-06-07
blooming A variegata in home garden
Location: Mississippi
Date: 2014-12-14
A. variegata is always one of the last milkweeds to produce matur
Location: Central Arkansas
Date: 2013-06-04
A variegata blooms in home garden
Location: Oldfort, TN
Date: 2017-05-22

Date: 2005-06-05
(http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/) Photo by Steven J. Baskauf
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2006-02-18
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2006-05-29
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2017-05-05
Seedlings from wintersowing. Gotten eaten by something after plan
Location: Oldfort, TN
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: Mississippi
Date: 2013-05-30
Location: Laurel County, Kentucky
Location: Cleveland, TN
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Oldfort, TN
Date: 2017-05-22

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