Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha
Family: (Apocynaceae)
(P) to 5’. White Milkweed. Eastern North America. A unique and striking form of the Common Milkweed. Many umbellate cymes of fragrant, five-petalled flowers. The petals are light green with white margins, the bright white corona consists of five hoods with beaks. Discovered this season colonizing in a relatively undisturbed border. This beauty is equally as supportive to pollinators as the more common pink form. Blooms June to August. Sun. 4 & T1
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