Assertion: milkweed | /r/HasProperty | asclepias spp
Facets:
value: botanically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is valued primarily because its nectar attracts butterflies and because its leaves are the sole food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
text: A 2016 study also attributed the last decade's ten-fold decline in overwintering numbers of the eastern monarch population to the loss of breeding habitat, namely the many species of milkweed (Asclepias species) that developing larvae require for food; however, scientists believe there are other factors as well.
text: Milkweed is botanically known as Asclepias spp.
text: (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars are probably the one insect most people associate with milkweeds (Asclepias spp.).
text: Plants from the milkweed (Asclepias spp.)
text: Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is of vital importance and critical to the survival of the Monarch butterfly as the larvae only eat milkweed.
text: Whether you plant milkweed (Asclepias spp.) for the masses of flowers or the monarch butterflies, its soft, lavender-pink, yellow, orange or green flowers add a bright touch to the garden.
text: Across the U.S. and parts of southern Canada, milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) occur in a broad range of habitats including prairies, plains, deserts, open woods, pine barrens, canyons, arroyos, bogs, marshes, and wet meadows.
text: Depending on the time of year, you should be able to use flower structure, leaf type or hairiness, or fruit structure to help you differentiate these species from milkweed (Asclepias spp.).
text: Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is of vital importance and critical to the survival of the Monarch butterfly as the larvae only eat milkweed.