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butterfly weed: Quick Facts

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Also Known As orange milkweed • butterfly milkweed • pleurisy root • Asclepias tuberosa

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Clusters of bright orange butterfly weed flowers (Asclepias tuberosa) in bloom, with a white daisy flower in the background.
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