butterfly milkweed

English

monarch butterfly on butterfly milkweed

Noun

butterfly milkweed (countable and uncountable, plural butterfly milkweeds)

Asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.

Synonyms

(Asclepias tuberosa): butterfly weed

Further reading

butterfly milkweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asclepias tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Asclepias tuberosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
butterfly milkweed at USDA Plants database

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