butterfly milkweed
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monarch butterfly on butterfly milkweed
Noun
butterfly milkweed (countable and uncountable, plural butterfly milkweeds)
- Asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.
Synonyms
- (Asclepias tuberosa): butterfly weed
Further reading
butterfly milkweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Asclepias tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Asclepias tuberosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- butterfly milkweed at USDA Plants database
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