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Red Milkweed
Asclepias rubra
Field notes
Asclepias rubra, the red milkweed, purple savanna milkweed, or tall pink bog milkweed, is a species of milkweed. It inhabits bogs and wetlands. It is a perennial wetland species, native to New York, south to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas.
It blooms late spring to summer. The flowers are purple, red, or pink. The plant is the larval food of the monarch butterfly. The growing conditions are moist, acidic soil, and full sunlight or partial shade and at elevations of 0-300m.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Monarch, Milkweed Tussock Moth, Isabella Tiger Moth, Queen
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Red Milkweed Beetle
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Large Milkweed Bug, Eastern Cottontail, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-banded Leafhopper
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Great Golden Digger Wasp
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Water use
- High
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Drought tolerant
- No
- Resists
- Wet soil
- Habit
- Erect
- Plant type
- Wildflower Herbaceous perennial
From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.