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Plant · P-1061
Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
Zizotes milkweed is a low, drought-tolerant perennial of dry sandy and gravelly ground across the south-central United States and northern Mexico. Its green flowers, often tinged with purple or yellow, open over a long season from early spring into fall. Like other milkweeds it is a required host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars and a nectar source for bees and other pollinators.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- Not yet recorded
- Soil
- Sand
- Moisture
- Dry
Vertical layer
Herbaceous- Soil pH
- Not yet recorded
- Plant type
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 16 in
- Mature spread
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