Milkweed is used for food, fiber, and medicine. Milkweed may be toxic, however, when taken internally without sufficient preparation.
Photo Credit: © William S. Justice, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany.
Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name: butterfly milkweed
Other Common Names: butterflyweed
Plant Functional Group: Forb
Class > Order > Family: Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae