Prairie Milkweed - Asclepias sullivantii

This is unlikely to be able to be restocked, sorry.

This is in a square pint pot.

Also called Sullivant's Milkweed, after William Starling Sullivant, a botanist in the 1800's.

Features: This Milkweed is like Common Milkweed's shorter, more reserved cousin. Its narrow oval leaves are thinner and more waxy. Its clusters of pink flowers attract butterflies, bumblebees, other native bees, wasps and milkweed beetles. Monarchs still lay their eggs on it, so their caterpillars can feed on the leaves, though perhaps not as readily as on Common Milkweed.

It likes more moist soil than Common Milkweed and does not multiply as freely. A much less common plant, it may take several years before it blooms.

Light: Full sun

Soil: Medium to moist

Height: 2-3 feet

Blooms: June to July

See more information and photos at: Illinois Wildflowers and USDA Plants Database