Common names:
White Milkweed
Swamp Milkweed
Aquatic Milkweed
Milkweed

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 5a
Leaves: Other: w ud vammesesptade htaiskiy naee xL sel
Flowers: Showy
Other
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter and early spring
Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Winter
Inflorescence Type: Panicle
Suitable Locations: Terrariums
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Pollution
Tolerates dry shade
Tolerates foot traffic
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous: pts noexispfacnradS arefea syt pttu lleo nctimAdairl.. aascctmit itoage
Pollinators: Self
Wind
Miscellaneous: Carnivorous
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

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