| Flower: | Milkweed, Orange | | Family: | Milkweed | | Genus / Species: | Asclepias tuberosa | | Notes: | Also known as Butterfly Milkweed, this native of the Southwestern United States of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, as been planted as an experiment in the Salem Audubon Nature Reserve in a continuing effort to attract Monarch Butterflies. | | Photo: | 
Salem Audubon Nature Reserve - - - September 20, 2018 | | Guide: | National Audubon Society Field guide to the Southwestern States / Plants of Arizona by Epple & Epple / National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers Western Region by Spellenberg |
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