Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias verticillata is a rare eastern North American native known as the whorled milkweed.
Description:
Asclepias verticillata is a rare eastern North American native known as the whorled milkweed. It is a dainty ethereal species popular with monarch butterflies with whorls of narrow, pointed leaves with curled margins on 2-3 foot stems topped with clusters of beautiful and delicate white and green flowers in summer followed by attractive seed pods. Spreads by underground rhizomes forming nice colonies but is not invasive. Grow in full to part sun in average to dry soil.
Common Name: Whorled Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae (The Milkweed Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Part Sun, Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Forest glades, dry prairies, dry slopes, dry open woods, fields and roadsides from Saskatchewan to Ontario south to Arizona and Florida.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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