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Checkerspot and Painted Lady butterflies
As a legume
It is also a larval host for Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars
Fall color is burgundy
bees Host plant Silvery Checkerspot butterflies Notes Native bee friendly
Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed) part sun Checkerspot and Painted Lady butterfliesWhorled Milkweed is a widely adaptable and tough native milkweed that is deer resistant and a host plant for Monarch and Queen butterflies. It has narrow, fine textured leaves and clusters of small white flowers that appear in the summer. It forms attractive drifts. Whorled Milkweed grows in average, dry to medium moist, well drained soils in full sun, but it tolerates part sun part shade. It is drought tolerant. AT A GLANCE Texas native Yes Water use
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