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Asclepias lanuginosa
Also called Small Green Milkweed, Woolly Milkweed, Side Cluster Milkweed
Sidecluster milkweed is a small perennial herb native to central Canada and the central and upper Midwest US, grown mainly by gardeners who want a milkweed for pollinators in dry, sunny prairie-style beds. Give it full sun and well-drained soil, and avoid overwatering.
Asclepias lanuginosa, the woolly milkweed or sidecluster milkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, native to central Canada and the upper Midwest United States. It was described in 1818. It is a perennial herb that grows 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) tall.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias lanuginosa 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.
