Fourleaf Milkweed
Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. - Milkweed familySize
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Monarch); Larval Host (Butterfly)
Larval Species depending on Fourleaf Milkweed: Danaus plexippus
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- CAN: Ontario
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.