Pineland Milkweed

Description

Pineland milkweed (asclepias obovata) is a perennial herb with opposite leaves, 1 to 3 in length, 1/2 to 1-1/2 in width, variable, short petiolate. Stems and leaves soft tomentulose. Source: various resources including the american horticultural society a to z encyclopedia of garden plants, usda and lady bird johnson wildflower center, the university of texas at austin warning: all plants in the genus asclepias are probably somewhat toxic, some fatally so, to both humans and other animals a caterpillar host plant for: the monarch butterfly