General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 12-36 inches
Plant Spread: 12-36 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Butterfly Weed
  • Milkweed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa
  • Synonym: Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior

Photo Gallery
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Sam Noble Natural History Museum
Date: 2015-08-14
emerging bloom
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-06-30
Location: Neighbor's garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-06-20
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-10-11
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-23
4-year-old plant
Location: Sam Noble Natural History Museum
Date: 2006-06-03
Butterfly Weed as it appears on the Great Plains
Location: in my garden
Date: 2019-06-01
EMERGING BLOOM
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-09-08
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-06-15
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-07-10
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-22
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-10-18
Monarch on Asclepius Tuberosa
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-06-12
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Konza Prairie near Manhattan, KS
Date: 2012-05-30
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2008-07-11
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