Scientific name: Asclepias tuberosa
Common name: Milkweed
Indigenous name: nt’íxwéyeʔ (Spokan)
Native range: Prairies and grasslands of North America
Habitat: Average, dry to medium, well-drained soils
Bloom time: June to August
Bloom color: Orangeish
Light: Full sun
Uses: Landscaping, great for butterflies!
Planting date: Springtime
Native species
References
Missouri Botanical Garden. Asclepias Tuberosa. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b490.
Turner, Nancy. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge. Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014.