Its flowers are also more pink than those of the common milkweed, but just as prolific.

Though a native, common milkweed has been classified as a noxious weed by 35 states.

As with all members of this 200-strong genus, common milkweed is a magnet for butterflies and bees.

But unlike many Asclepias species, common milkweed spreads aggressively.

It's possible that common milkweed has become a horticultural wallflower because of its large, rather coarse leaves.

Common Milkweed likes damp to dry soil and sunny or partly shaded places.

Common milkweed is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1-2 m tall from a rhizome.

If you hanker after common milkweed and its relatives, there are several species and varieties to choose from.

A. Fringe is not a meaningful concept to the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.

Groups of insects in all stages of development are commonly found between May and October on common milkweed plants.

In 1870, Gillet promoted the silky floss of common milkweed as a textile fiber.

The common milkweed is a homely native that, despite its handsome purplish blooms, has never found a place in flower borders.

Adults that survived winter mate in May-June, when common milkweed plants have grown enough to provide shelter.

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a species of milkweed plant.

Some may even point hostile fingers at you when ungainly common milkweed begins arising from their tidy beds of red salvia.

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Rhyssomatus lineaticollis is a species of weevil whose adults feed on the stems of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.

They feed on the nectar of various flowers, including common milkweed, dogbane, New Jersey tea, staghorn sumac and white sweet clover.

Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including dogbane, marjoram, oxalis, white clover, common milkweed, peppermint, cucumber and melon.

It is native to the Eastern, Southern and Midwestern United States similar to the range of the Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species.

GARDENERS east of the Rockies who are less than meticulous weeders will invariably find the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in their sunny to partly sunny borders.

CLOISTERED in our suburban gardens, encircled by impatiens and bounded by well-tended lawns, we can easily forget about the common milkweed (Asclepias syraica).

Common milkweed starts blooming when male regal fritillaries begin to emerge early in the summer and thistles tend to bloom later in the season which is crucial to females approaching oviposition (Selby 2007).

That has drastically depleted the supply of flowers on which the butterflies feed, as well as common milkweed, on which the monarch lays its eggs in the spring and summer and on which its larvae feed, several biologists say.

Butterfly flower is a common name for different plants:

"That's why they are poetically called 'butterfly flowers.'"

Near the edge of the field, a spider lily was hot in pursuit of a butterfly flower, while silver bells rang a warning.

Butterfly flower may refer to:

Celia placed small telegrams inside a Butterfly flower, so the messages would remain in secret and would not be exposed to the enemy.

Schizanthus (butterfly flower) is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

Schizanthus pinnatus (Butterfly flower)

It is also known as Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, and Virginia Silkweed.

Moth flowers are sucrose-rich and narrow-tubed butterfly flowers are similar but 'bee and butterfly' flowers with shallow tubes are hexose-rich.

Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species.

The name of the restaurant means "drink tea," and the encouragement to do that comes in the form of the restaurant's unusual blends, which use such ingredients as chrysanthemum, butterfly flower and bamboo leaves.

To the side of the big three sat an eight-inch clay pot with more variegated Felicia, Phormium Sunset, Erysimum linifolium and the butterfly flower (Schizanthus pinnatus), its pink flowers held atop ferny green leaves.

At Yumcha, she acts solely as the tea consultant, creating exclusive blends like chrysanthemum tea mixed with butterfly flowers and honey; apple rose jasmine iced tea with rose water; and bamboo leaves with mingqian green tea.

Silky swallow-wort is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Silky Swallow-wort is a common name of two plants in the genus Asclepias:

It is also known as Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, and Virginia Silkweed.

Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species.

It is also known as Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, and Virginia Silkweed.

Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species.

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a species of milkweed plant.

It is native to the Eastern, Southern and Midwestern United States similar to the range of the Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

GARDENERS east of the Rockies who are less than meticulous weeders will invariably find the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in their sunny to partly sunny borders.

They feed on the nectar from white, pink and purple flowers, including Asclepias syriaca, Vicia americana, Prunella, Mentha x piperita, Apocynum, Ceanothus americanus and Echium vulgare.

Indeed, wherever there is access to milkweed (Asclepias syriaca: let's not carry this too far, Madame G.) there you will find monarchs, for the larvae of this species is as addicted to milkweed juice as the most strung-out junky to smack.