I can see common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

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Part of milkweed  genus Asclepias (whose ❀ blossom is the ⚘❀ state wildflower of Illinois) in dogbane  family Apocynaceae.

Native to North America.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Asclepias hosts caterpillars of 13 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas, including being the only host plant for ⚫︎ eggs and 🐛︎ larvae of the monarch butterfly  Danaus plexippus.
Poster of monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus lifecycle, larval
host plants, adult nectar plants, and growing info for these plants.  Growing milkweeds for
monarch butterflies  Milkweed—It's Not
Just for Monarchs Uses by butterflies,
planting info

To:

• see where monarch butterflies are now on their migration, or
• report your own sightings (in 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA and 🇲🇽 Mexico),

please see monarch butterfly  Danaus plexippus  box on citizen science.

Bloom dates (Michigan).  (page 3) Bloom dates (NE Illinois).    (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only) Bloom dates and planting info.    (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only)

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