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Florida milkweed

Asclepias feayi

Also called Feay's Milkweed

Florida milkweed (Asclepias feayi) is a perennial milkweed native only to Florida, grown mainly by gardeners wanting host plants for monarch butterflies. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it is best sited where it can be left undisturbed.

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as: Perennial
Light: Full sun
Water: Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry periods once established.
Soil: Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature: 18–32 °C; protect from hard frost below -5 °C.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: Milkweeds contain cardiac glycosides in their sap and leaves, which can cause heart and digestive upset if eaten or if sap contacts the mouth or eyes.
Native range: Florida
Climate: subtropical

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Asclepias feayi is a species of milkweed endemic to Florida. Its common name is Florida milkweed. It is in the family Apocynaceae.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias feayi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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