showy milkweed
Common name: showy milkweed
Botanical name: Asclepias speciosa
Light: full sun
Height: 24 – 48 inches
Water: moderate to low, more in spring
Soil type: variable disturbed soils
Perennial wildflower found along streams and on disturbed sites with pinkish star-shaped flowers arranged in round clusters on stop of multiple stems that exude a milky substance if broken; host plant for Monarch butterflies, spreads via rhizomes
showy milkweed buds
