| Description | A yellow cultivated variety of the native brilliant orange Butterfly weed |
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| Pronunciation | (as-KLEE-pi-as)(tuu-be-ROW-sa) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | sandy, well drained, poor, does poorly in wet soils |
| Flowers | brilliant yellow, a many flower umbel on stalks which arise from the apex of a leaf, clusters of 25 or more individual 3/4 inch flowers |
| Fruit | seed pod is bean shaped 6 inches long by 3/4 inch |
| Leaves | narrow, stalkless (sessile) or short petiole, usually alternate but occasionally opposite, hispid (hairy) |
| Roots | deep tap root |
| Dimensions | 20-24 inches in spread and height |
| Maintenance | Produces a deep tap root making transplanting difficult. Mark the plants spot. It breaks dormancy late and can be unknowingly damage early in the spring. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | A cultivated variety of the native Asclepias tuberosa. |
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