Butterfly Weed

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Common Name: Butterfly Weed
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa 

Updated 2/2012

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Habit	Flower

Height: 1-2' Spread: 1-2'  Habit/Form:  Rounded to slightly spreading  Zone: 3-9

Cultural Requirements: Full sun in moist, well drained to dry soils.

Ornamental features:  Clusters of brigh orange flowers followed by slender seed pods.

Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Monarch

Nectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Monarch, Coral Hairstreak, Striped Hairstreak, Edward's Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Acadian Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Black Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Checkered White, American Copper, Great Spangled Fritillary, Pearl Crescent, Silver-Spotted Skipper

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