Common milkweed

Found on prairies, roadsides, open areas, pastures and stream banks; used for fiber, food and medicine

The common milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca) is a rough, weedy plant, but it has fragrant flowers and attracts butterflies, especially the monarch.

Want to help monarch butterflies? Be careful when selecting your milkweed. Not all plants that go by the common name of "milkweed" are the food that these butterflies need. Milkweed is both a food source and a host plant on which the monarch butterflies lay their eggs. Monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of the milkweed foliage.

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is an excellent addition for attracting monarchs to the butterfly garden if you know how to keep it under control...

When most people think of planting milkweed for monarch butterflies, they imagine common milkweed (A. syriaca) with its big, rounded leaves.

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Monarchs need milkweed plants to survive! The female lays eggs on the leaves & larva eats the plants. Milkweed is a great nectar plant for other butterflies.

Learn how to collect, harvest, and plant common milkweed seeds to attract monarch butterflies to your garden.

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