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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Dogbanes and Milkweeds
  7. Milkweeds
  8. Sand Milkweed

species 745 observations

Sand Milkweed

Asclepias arenaria

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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121 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Monarch, Milkweed Tussock Moth, Isabella Tiger Moth, Queen 6
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Red Milkweed Beetle 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Milkweed Bug, Eastern Cottontail, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-banded Leafhopper 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Protandrena mexicanorum 105

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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