I can see whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata

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

Native to 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA, east of the 🗻︎ Rocky Mountains.

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. 

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)

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