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Asclepias revoluta Raf. Asclepias rolfsii Britton ex Vail. Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. [ 2] It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar.
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. [ 4][ 5][ 6] Most species are toxic to humans and many other species, primarily due to the presence of cardenolides.
Asclepias curassavica, commonly known as tropical milkweed, [ 3] is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus, Asclepias. [ 4] It is native to the American tropics [ 5] and has a pantropical distribution as an introduced species. Other common names include bloodflower or blood flower, [ 3] cotton bush, [ 6] hierba de la cucaracha, [ 3 ...
Asclepias cordifolia is a species of milkweed commonly called heart-leaf milkweed or purple milkweed (a common name shared with another milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens). It is native to the western United States (California, Nevada, Oregon), growing between 50 and 2,000 m (160 and 6,560 ft) elevation in the northern Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges.
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. [ 1][ 2] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. [ 3]
Commonly considered a weed of gardens, fields, and lawns, it grows in full sun or shade. The alternate leaves of this plant are divided into three heart-shaped leaflets (a typical trait of other species of Oxalis) that can grow up to 2 cm wide. These leaves curl up at night (exhibiting nyctinasty), and open in the day to perform photosynthesis.
Bidens is a nutrient dense wild plant, boasting a similar nutrient profile to kale - high in fiber and proteins, carotenes, folate, and magnesium. People in South Africa, Zulus, and Indians consume the fresh or dried leaves by boiling them. [ 3] Young leaves of B. alba may also be eaten as a salad. Bidens alba contains saponins, so older leaves ...
Ecology. Asclepias speciosa is a specific monarch butterfly food and habitat plant. Additionally, phenylacetaldehyde produced by the plants attracts Synanthedon myopaeformis, the red-belted clearwing moth. [7] It is also a larval host for the dogbane tiger moth and the queen butterfly. [8]
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