butterfly milkweed

English

monarch butterfly on butterfly milkweed

Noun

butterfly milkweed (countable and uncountable, plural butterfly milkweeds)

1. Asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.

Synonyms

• (Asclepias tuberosa): butterfly weed

Translations

Asclepias tuberosa — see butterfly weed

Further reading

• butterfly milkweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asclepias tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Asclepias tuberosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• butterfly milkweed at USDA Plants database