BEST MILKWEEDS
FOR YOUR REGION
Monarch Joint Venture
recommends these
regional milkweed species.
Download a fact sheet at
monarchjointventure.org.
Northeast/Midwest: common
(Asclepias syriaca); swamp
(A. incarnata); butterfly weed
(A. tuberosa); whorled (A.
verticillata); poke (A. exaltata).
Southeast: butterfly weed
(A. tuberosa); whorled (A.
verticillata); white (A. variegata);
aquatic (A. perennis); sandhill/
pinewoods (A. humistrata).
South Central: green
antelopehorn (A. viridis);
antelopehorns (A. asperula);
zizotes (A. oenotheroides).
Western, excluding Arizona and
California: Mexican whorled (A.
fascicularis); showy (A. speciosa).
Arizona: butterfly weed (A.
tuberosa); antelopehorns (A.
asperula); rush (A. subulata);
Arizona (A. angustifolia).
California: Mexican whorled (A.
fascicularis); showy (A. speciosa);
desert (A. erosa); California
(A. californica); heartleaf (A.
cordifolia); woolly (A. vestita);
woolly pod (A. eriocarpa).
Swamp milkweed
Antelopehorns
milkweed
Butterfly
weed
Mexican whorled
milkweed
Monarch
caterpillars
on common
milkweed