Butterflyweed

Edward F. Gilman, Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein

Butterfly weed is a Florida native milkweed species with yellow, orange, or red flowers borne on clusters above the foliage. It is a larval host plant for monarch butterflies and their relatives. It is well suited for pollinator gardens, containers, mass plantings, for naturalizing landscapes, or utilized as cut flowers in arrangements.