Asclepias oenotheroides
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Plant Description: Perennial to 50 cm high with mostly upright stems. Leaves 4-12 cm long, ovate to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, opposite or sub-opposite,with petioles, wavy leaf margins. Stems branched from the base, clustered from a thick rootstalk, ascending or decumbent, moderately stout. Flowers in umbels, the corolla lobes 8-10 mm long, pale green or whitish.
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Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent on various soils in prairies, openings and waste places, rather common on island dunes and grasslands.
Bloom Period: March-November
Plant Use: Host plant to Monarch butterfly; nectar to other butterflies.
Key to to the 8 species of Asclepias are found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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