Asclepias amplexicaulis
Growing Information
• Plant Type: Perennial
• Sunlight: Sun
• Soils: Average to Dry
• Bloom Time: May-June
• Size: 1-2 feet in height; 1-2 feet spread
This uncommon Cape Cod native plant grows naturally in open fields or roadsides and prefers sandy soils. It is distinguished from Common Milkweed by its nearly clasping leaves. The leaves will abut around the stem but are not fused together. Like other milkweeds, this plant provides tremendous benefits to pollinators, such as specialty bees and, of course, monarch butterflies, and other insect species.
Garden Companions
Pearly Everlasting, (Anaphalis margaritacea), Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Nature Benefits
• Special value to bumble bees.
• Supports other insects that are predators of pest insects.
• Host to monarch butterflies
Native Habitat
Occurs in dry grasslands, meadows, fields, and roadsides.