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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. ▭ 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Asclepias hosts caterpillars of 13 speciesof 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, larvalhost 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) Bloom dates (NE Illinois). (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only) Bloom dates and planting info. (page 4) (🔒︎ Wild Ones members only)
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milkweed genus Asclepias and related genera