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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. Woolly Milkweed

species 326 observations

Woolly Milkweed

Asclepias vestita

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

57 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Monarch, Isabella Tiger Moth, Queen 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Milkweed Bug, Ornate Checkered Beetle, Black Bean Aphid 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Checkerspot, Juniper Hairstreak, Urbane Digger Bee, Mesilla Masked Bee 51

Children

  • Parish's Woolly Milkweed
  • Woolly Milkweed

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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