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Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed

Quick Profile

Exposure

Full Sun

Mature Height

3 - 5 Feet

USDA Hardiness Zones

3 - 9

Native To:

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin

Soil Conditions

Dry
Moist, Well-Drained

Bloom Color

Lavender
Pink

Bloom Season

June - August

Features

Clusters of light pink or lavender flowers followed by warty seedpods filled with seeds attached to long white hairs.

Culture

Full sun; moist, well drained soils to dry soils.

Notes

Found in fields and along roadsides. Monarch butterfly larvae feed on the foliage of this plant and absorb chemicals that make them toxic to predators. This plant can grow very aggressively.