Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Permaculture this plant is an extremely

this plant is an extremely attractive moisture-loving plant

It may go dormant in an exceptionally dry summer

and is a resilient plant that can be installed for stream and river stabilization projects

With visitors from many different types of pollinators from bees to hummingbirds

Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Permaculture this plant is an extremelyMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a