common milkweed blossom with orange butterflyweed in background sclepias syriaca

one round common milkweed blossom asclepias syriaca lovely commonly called butterfly flower silkweed silky swallowwort virginia species flowering plant genus milkweeds clonal perennial herb growing tall ramets grow rhizomes insect feed host monarch native southern canada united states rocky mountains excluding drier parts prairies grows sandy soils sunny 450 including flies beetles wasps butterflies important food sources caterpillars danaus plexippus northeastern midwestern include red tetraopes tetraophthalmus euchaetes egle oncopeltus fasciatus lygaeus kalmii orange butterflysclepias butterflyweed background sclepias