{"id":427,"date":"2025-08-17T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2025-08-17T17:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:28:02","slug":"asclepias-tuberosa-butterflyweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Asclepias tuberosa &#8211; Butterflyweed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Asclepias tuberosa &#8211; Butterflyweed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos and Captions provided by Karen Cherry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An herbaceous perennial that loves a hot dry site. It forms a clump growing two feet tall &amp; wide. Bright orange flowers decorate the plant from June through August. Somewhat slow to start, although easy to grow, tuberous roots make it difficult to move after it&#8217;s established. If seed pods are not removed it may self-seed.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0374-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies and the foliage is a food source for Monarch larva (caterpillars). This member of the Milkweed family does not have milky sap. A showy native wildflower good in mass plantings or scattered throughout a prairie or meadow. 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