Detailed Information About Common Milkweed

Name

Family: 

Asclepiadaceae

Scientific: 

Asclepias syriaca

Plant Type: 

herbaceous

Plant Characteristics

Height: 

2-4

Width: 

0.75-1

Bloom Time: 

June-Aug.

Bloom Colour: 

white

purple

Native/Non-native: 

native

Life Cycle: 

perennial

Habitat Characteristic

Purpose/Use: 

open areas

Soil Moisture: 

moist

dry

Light Preference: 

sun

Planting instructions: 

seed

Other: 

nectar