Prairie Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii

A home for the Monarch

A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

⚠ Supports a species at risk

Who this brings back

Supports 1 species at risk.

Monarch ButterflyEndangeredButterfly
A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

Where it grows

Moist meadows, railway margins, woodland edges, and roadside ditches.

Other plants the Monarch Butterfly needs

Bloom

June–July

Flowers

Pink

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist

Mature size

60–90 cm

Native range