#butterflyweed

[unfiltered-nature]

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Asclepias tuberosa Common Name(s): Butterfly milkweed, butterflyweed Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane); prev. Asclepiadaceae (milkweed) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

[julesofnature]

 “I am overflowing with words I do not have.”  ~Adam Falkner

[rjalker]

milkweed time!

I wasn’t expecting yellow flowers for the butterfly weed, they’re usually orange. I got some mutants.

MTR’s flowers, and the scarlet runner beans climbing it all by themselves.

Pictures from 2020

[kihaku-gato]

The smallest floret span vs the widest July 25th;

Asclepias curassavica 'Bright Wings' and A. tuberosa

[eumorpha-dream]

Throwback to field work on Martha’s Vineyard last summer. #marthasvineyard #flowers #summer #fieldwork #massachusetts #asclepias #butterflyweed #dogbanebeetle #coleoptera #bug https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqpu2Mwl8ui/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1di3to2nrfvc6

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Asclepius tuberosa - Butterfly (milk)weed

[clinicalherbalist]

Butterfly weed, whose orange flowers and nectar attract butterflies and other pollinators. Down in the lower corner is some sort of reduviid, an ambush bug waiting for a pollinatore to come along so it can eat them. . . . . . #butterflyweed #flowers #assassinbug #nature #medicinalplants