Asclepias perennis (Aquatic Milkweed) is an erect perennial boasting flat umbels packed with up to 20-50 white starry flowers, often pinkish along the undersides towards their tips. Blooming from late spring to fall for about 4-8 weeks, the mildly fragrant flowers are a great source of nectar for butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects.

Asclepias perennis, also known as aquatic milkweed or white swamp milkweed (not to be confused with swamp milkweed; Asclepias incarnata), is a North American species of milkweed that is found throughout the Coastal Plain from eastern Texas to southern South Carolina, northward along the Mississippi River, and into the Ohio Valley of Illinois ...

Long-flowering milkweed that grows in wet areas and tolerates shade. Vivid white flowers are sometimes pink-tinged, borne on umbels, and last from early to late summer. Flowers are followed by drooping seed pods that lack the silky hairs of some milkweeds.

Short-lived perennial: Flower Color: White: Phenology: Evergreen. Blooms periodically from spring to fall. Survives shade but blooms better in part-to-full sun. Noted for: Showy flowers

Native Habitat: hydrated soils, floodplains, water way margins, marshes, cypress swamps, ditches, and wet lands. WARNING: all parts toxic. Propagation: seeds, cuttings, root divisions. Blooms May-September. The white to pink flowers are arranged in a flat panicle. Leaves are short and narrow on purple stems.

Aquatic Milkweed, A. perennis is a beautiful south eastern perennial with delicate white flowers. Grows 1’-2’ tall. Does well in swamps and wetlands or along stream beds. Impossible to over-water. Shade tolerant. Blooms continuously. Perfectly suited to swamps and wetlands.

A native perennial of Missouri and Illinois, Aquatic Milkweed needs consistently moist soil and can withstand standing water for a short time, making it ideal for rain gardens. It naturally grows on the sides of rivers, creeks, ponds, and in swamps and wet woods.

A Queen caterpillar forming a “J” on Aquatic Milkweed Asclepias perennis is a wonderful milkweed host plant for Monarch butterflies. In addition to Monarchs, it is a host plant for the less common Queen and Soldier butterflies.

Aquatic Milkweed is a host plant for butterflies and can look defoliated when eaten by host caterpillars. Milkweeds in the genus Asclepias provide the only plant material monarch caterpillars can eat. This popular plant hosts many more besides monarchs - queen and soldier butterflies rely on the leaves to feed their young, too.

2018年3月28日 · Aquatic milkweed is an obligate wetland plant for the Gulf Coast, Midwest, and Great Plains regions and can be found in low swampy areas, woods, and ditches. Milkweed is the only plant eaten by Monarch butterfly caterpillars, one of the reasons their numbers are dropping is the loss of space for milkweed to grow due to mowing or pesticides.