Fewflower Milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata
Fewflower milkweed flags wet meadows and marsh edges of the Southeast with vivid red-orange flowers atop tall slender stems. A striking monarch host and hummingbird draw for rain gardens.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.08–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, orange
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds, larval host, monarch host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA
Related native plants
More Asclepias species
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Green Antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis)
- Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula)
- Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)