Yellow milkweed – description, flowering period and general distribution in New Jersey. delicate buds of inflorescences

Yellow milkweed – description, flowering period and general distribution in New Jersey. several stages of flowering on one stem

Yellow milkweed – description, flowering period and general distribution in New Jersey. small yellow flowers bloomed

Yellow milkweed – description, flowering period and general distribution in New Jersey. Closeup showing unopened, opening, and fully opened flower buds

Yellow milkweed – description, flowering period and general distribution in New Jersey. fully opened buds

Common name:

Yellow milkweed

Scientific name:

Asclepias tuberosa.

Other common name(s):

Butterflyweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Canada root, Fluxroot, Indian paintbrush, Indian posy, Orange root, Orange Swallow-wort, Tuber root, Yellow milkweed, White-root, Windroot, Butterfly love.

Life form:

Forb, Herb.

Flowering time:

no data.

Flowering period

in New Jersey for this plant is: Late May ↔ Early September.

NECTAR PRODUCTION:

Minor

SOURCE FOR HONEY BEES:

Minor

General distribution:

Asclepias tuberosa, the butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. It is also the larval food plant of the queen and monarch butterflies, as well as the dogbane tiger moth, milkweed tussock moth, and the unexpected cycnia. Hummingbirds, bees, and other insects are also attracted.

Map of distribution and habitat in USA

This plant is present in at least 44 states/provinces in this country.

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Botanical description:

It is a perennial plant growing to 0.3–1 meter tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early autumn. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, and 2–3 cm broad.

Some wild plants have been reported to have orange flowers that are very reddish.

Seasonal development:

Asclepias tuberosa blooms continuously throughout summer.

Sown outdoors after frost, a plant will flower and produce seed in the third year.

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