Aquatic Milkweed

Small specimen plant in wet areas.  Does well in bog gardens and rain gardens or bioswales.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Toxic.

Marshes, swamps

• Showy flowers
• Larval host to the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), and soldier butterfly, (Danaus eresimus).
• Attracts various pollinators including butterflies and bees.