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| Asclepias lanceolata, Fewflowered Milkweed, #nativeplants |
Showing posts with label butterfly weed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterfly weed. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2023
Asclepias lanceolata, Fewflowered Milkweed
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Florida Wildflower Haiku, Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa
Florida wildflower haiku for Thursday; Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa
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milkweeds toxin sap
eaten by Monarch larvae
hungry birds disdain
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Butterfly weed (also known as 'milkweed') provides nectar for many pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds. Butterfly weed likes to grow in sandy soils and is a larval host plant for the Queen and Monarch butterflies. Interestingly, milkweed contains sap substances that are sometimes toxic to birds. Some butterflies have taken advantage of this toxicity by laying eggs on milkweed in order for the hungry larvae to ingest leaves full of these toxins, which fill their body with a taste predator birds disdain ultimately providing the larvae and young butterflies with much needed protection.
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| Florida wildflower haiku, Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa by Kevin Songer |
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milkweeds toxin sap
eaten by Monarch larvae
hungry birds disdain
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Butterfly weed (also known as 'milkweed') provides nectar for many pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds. Butterfly weed likes to grow in sandy soils and is a larval host plant for the Queen and Monarch butterflies. Interestingly, milkweed contains sap substances that are sometimes toxic to birds. Some butterflies have taken advantage of this toxicity by laying eggs on milkweed in order for the hungry larvae to ingest leaves full of these toxins, which fill their body with a taste predator birds disdain ultimately providing the larvae and young butterflies with much needed protection.
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