About This Plant
It may take a couple years to flower when grown from seed, but once it does, this orange-flowered plant is a magnet to numerous pollinators. It is a host plant for the Monarch butterfly and several other butterfly and moth species. Butterfly weed has a long tap root making it hard to transplant once established.
Plant Details
Environment
Attributes
- Plant Types
- Maximum Plant Width
- Peak Bloom Seasons
- Leaf Retentions
- Growth Rates
- Mature Plant Heights
- Bloom Colors
- Bloom Times
- Additional Features
Benefits
- Wildlife Benefits
Plant Facts
Unlike many of the other milkweed species, this species does not have milky-sapped stems.
Alternate Names
Butterfly Milkweed, Chieger Flower, Chiggerflower, Common Butterfly-weed, Milkweed, Pleurisy Root
