Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa (also known as the butterfly flower) is a species of milkweed plant. It belongs in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. It is native to North America. It blooms from June to September. The flowers are orange, red-orange, or yellow. This species is found in prairies, meadows, and fields. It likes well-drained soil and sunny or partly shaded places. Butterfly Weed grows from 0.3 to 0.9 meters tall (1–3 feet).^[1]

Butterfly weed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Asclepias
Species:	A. tuberosa
Binomial name
Asclepias tuberosa L.

It has many other names, including the butterfly weed, the Canada root, the chigger flower (or chiggerflower), the fluxroot, the Indian paintbrush, the Indian posy, the orange milkweed, the orange swallow-wort, the Pleurisy Root, the silky swallow-wort, the tuber root, the yellow milkweed, the white-root, and the windroot.

Common names

Butterfly Weed has many common names. Here is a list of them:

Canada Root Chigger Flower Chiggerflower Fluxroot Indian Paintbrush Indian Posy Orange Milkweed

Orange Swallow-wort Pleurisy Root Silky Swallow-wort Tuber Root Yellow Milkweed White-root Windroot

References

1. William Cullina (2000). Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America. The New England Wildflower Society. ISBN 0-395-96609-4

Other websites

• Asclepias tuberosa at USDA PLANT Database
• Asclepias tuberosa at Evergreen Native Plant Database^{[permanent dead link]}