Description
Common Name: Green Milkweed, Spider Milkweed
Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 1.50 to 2.50 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet
Bloom Time: May to July
Bloom Description: Green with purple hood
Sun: Full sun
Water: Low to Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: White to yellow-green with purple tinges
Leaf: Short-stalked, pointed, pale green leaves
Attracts: Butterflies, Larva Host for Monarch butterfly
Tolerate: Deer resistant, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil
Toxic: Skin Irritation to sap