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Butter-fly Weed [Asclepias tuberosa]

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Common Name: Butter-fly Weed
Scientic Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Colors: Orange
Months Appearing: June

Native perennial. up to 2 feet tall. 

Flower is a flat -topped cluster of up to 25 flowers. Each about 3/8 of an inch in diameter.

Leaves are hairy.

Sunny, dry fields. White Pine Trail, Big Rapids, Mi. 6/28. 8553, 8557