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Asclepias viridis is a rare species known as green milkweed or green beauty that bears large, nectar-rich clusters the size of a baseball, adorned with pale green upward facing petals and purple throats. Sturdy stems 1-3 feet high are alternately clothed in long, narrow, pale green leaves that are slightly folded upward. Flowers give way to seed pods that, when split open, reveal the silken seeds that catch the breeze and fly away. Requires full sun and dry to medium well-drained soil. Use in the sunny border, cottage and butterfly gardens. Pollinator magnet especially butterflies and native bees! It is also a host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Photo: Wikipedia.
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Details
- Class: Deciduous
- Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
- Flowering Time: Spring - Summer
- Fragrant: No
- Foliage Colour: Green
- Deer Resistant: Unknown
- Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, Hummingbirds
- Habitat: Dry areas, prairies, pastures, woodland openings, ditches and disturbed ground, often on limestone soils in the midwestern, eastern and southeastern US
- Geographical Origin: Americas - North America
- BC Native: No
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