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Butterfly weed

Butterfly Weed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae[?]
Genus: Asclepias[?]
Species: Asclepias tuberosa
Sub-species
  A. tuberosa interior
  A. tuberosa folfsii
  A. tuberosa tuberosa
Reference: [1] (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=30313)
as of 2003-01-07

Butterfly weed is a common name for plants of the species Asclepias tuberosa. This 2-3 foot milkweed is a perennial native to North America with clustered orange flowers from June through September. The common name comes from the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar.



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