{"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>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>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>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. The bright orange umbelliferous blooms give way to prominent spindle shaped seedpods 3-6 inches long.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0958.jpg 1803w\" 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>It works well with other native perennials such as Coreopsis, purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea), blazing star (Liatris spp.), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), and grasses such as little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) or prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis).<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator uagb-block-245fde4b\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator__inner\" style=\"--my-background-image:\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asclepias tuberosa &#8211; Butterflyweed Photos and Captions provided by Karen Cherry 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[16,13,15],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flora","tag-asclepias-tuberosa-butterflyweed","tag-flora","tag-native-plants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-scaled.jpg",2560,2560,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0684-2048x2048.jpg",2048,2048,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"LPTCAdmin","author_link":"https:\/\/lincolnprairietrailsconservancy.com\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Asclepias tuberosa &#8211; Butterflyweed Photos and Captions provided by Karen Cherry An herbaceous perennial that loves a hot dry site. 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