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Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) Native Growing Regions

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) Information

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Asclepias
• Family: Asclepiadaceae
• Order: Gentianales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Forb/herb
• Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
• State T/E Status: ME (PX) NH (E) NY (EV) RI (SC) VT (T)
• State T/E Common Name: ME (butterfly weed) NH (butterfly-weed) NY (butterfly-weed) RI (butterfly milkweed) VT (butterfly-weed)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Slow
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: Low
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Orange
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Multiple Stem
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Height Mature (feet): 2
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Moderate
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: None
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: High
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 135
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: Low
• pH (Minimum): 4.8
• pH (Maximum): 6.8
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 3450
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 7200
• Precipitation (Minimum): 28
• Precipitation (Maximum): 45
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 16
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -33
• Bloom Period: Mid Summer
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: No
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 70000
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Low
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) Tags

Asclepiadaceae, Asclepias, Dicot, Forb/herb, Gentianales, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Multiple Stem, Perennial, Slow

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