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Longleaf milkweed

Asclepias longifolia

Longleaf milkweed
Photo: Jody Shugart, CC BY 4.0

Longleaf milkweed is a perennial wildflower native to the southeastern United States, grown outdoors in sunny, well-drained sites. It is a native pollinator plant, but it is rare in the northern part of its range.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water new plantings regularly until established, then let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or well-drained soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Hardy outdoors in temperate climates; cold-hardy into winter in its native range.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Asclepias longifolia, or the longleaf milkweed, is a flowering plant native to the southern United States from Texas to Delaware. It is rare in the north end of its range and is presumed to be extinct in Delaware.

Other Asclepias plants

Cartwheels · Cartwheels · Whitestem milkweed · Asclepias alpestris · Asclepias amabilis · Asclepias ameliae · Clasping milkweed · Arizona milkweed · Asclepias apocynifolia · Sand milkweed · Spider milkweed · Asclepias atroviolacea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias longifolia 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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