Texas Milkweed
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Toxic
Central Texas
Texas
Full Shade
Full Sun
Part Sun/Shade
Low
Deer Resistant
Rain Garden
Attracts Pollinators
About This Plant
Sun or full Shade. A clump-forming deciduous perennial, up to 24 inches. Thin, dark green, oval shaped leaves grow in opposite pairs up the stem. Each stem is capped by an umbel of small white flowers followed by narrow green seed follicles.
Although a common under live oaks and ash junipers in the Edwards Plateau, this species is becoming harder to find due to local development. Milkweeds are the only food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
Maintenance
None required, beyond the care needed to establish it in its preferred setting — weedy roadsides and inferno strips. Aphids are likely to infest any milkweed, but they aren’t really a problem. They can be sprayed off with soapy water. Treating aphids will (obviously) wipe out the monarch caterpillars too.
Features
This plant goes well with
Carex planostachys
Vernonia lindheimeri
Rivina humilis
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