"Asclepias curassavica " or Tropical Milkweed, is often planted as an ornamental in butterfly gardens.
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I'm happy to see the annual Asclepias curassavica Silky Gold, a tall annual butterfly weed, which grows 3 to 4 feet tall, and blooms right along with the salvias until the first hard frost.
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Like Bakerian mimics, no nectar is provided . " Epidendrum ibaguense " ( Orchidaceae ) resembles flowers of " Lantana camara " and " Asclepias curassavica ", and is pollinated by monarch butterflies and perhaps hummingbirds.