Wednesday's Wildflower: Fewflower Milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata submitted by Lynn Sweetay, Palm Beach Chapter A. lanceolata is tall with a herbaceous stem that does not branch. Leaves are very narrow and lanceolate. Flowers are orange to red and yellow. Flowering occurs in early summer. It is a larval host plant for monarch and queen butterflies and a possible larval host for soldier butterflies as well as providing nectar for monarch and other butterflies and insects.