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It is endemic to the united states, where it is mostly found east of the great plains. The milkweed plant is the sole host plant for monarch butterflies. Asclepias fascicularisnarrowleaf milkweed moosa creek nursery. But planting one showy milkweed or thin leaved milkweed isnt enough.

Milkweed may be toxic when taken internally, without sufficient preparation. Apocynaceae exasclepiadaceae general a narrowleafed perennial herb, with toxic, milky sap. Now are you considering planting milkweed to save the monarchs. Narrowleaved milkweed is a poisonous perennial plant found in cultivated fields and pastures. As one might guess from its name, this milkweed has narrow leaves that grow up to five. Narrowleaf milkweed occurs on dry ground and sunny spots in valleys and foothills at elevations from 50 to. The abundant nectar of milkweed flowers attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, honey bees, native bees, and other beneficial insects. Alma and her family live a life close to the landthen, one night, she abruptly leaves it all behind.

Sustainable milkweed harvesters of michigan, pigeon, michigan. Leaves broad or thin, standing generally 23 feet tall sometimes taller, with. The narrowleaved milkweed asclepias mexicana and the broad leaved or showy milkweed asclepias speciosa. Twelveyearold jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Mojave desert wildflowers this book is the standard by which all other. Observation search 1891 records plant characteristics. It has narrow midgreen 5 inch long leaves bundled in fascicles and attractive 2 inch wide clusters of rosepink flowers through the summer and then in late. We are helping to preserve michigans wild milkweed by sustainably harvesting milkweed pods. An orphan in nazioccupied warsaw in 1939, misha was a boy of the streets, innocent and invisible, until he met uri and started living in a cellar below a barbershop. Plants profile for asclepias latifolia broadleaf milkweed. Narrow leaf milkweed, asclepias fascicularis calscape. Silver milkweed has long, pointed, silver leaves smoothedged and velvety, too in pairs up vertical stems. Moving and darkly funny, this is an ambitious debut about technology, capitalism, motherhood, and the search for meaningful art, at once a.

The stems and leaves bleed a milky sap when cut, which gives the plant its name. Asclepias fascicularis narrow leaved milkweed adaptable to high and low water, heat and any garden soil including clay this is probably the easiest ca native milkweed you can grow. California narrow leaf milkweed high country gardens. Silverleaved milkweed this plant may be normal if you garden in california, but on the east coast its a shocker. Fourleaf, or whorled milkweed, is a slender, singlestemmed perennial with round clusters of usually pink flowers. Narrowleaved milkweed somewhat resembles green milkweed asclepias viridiflora, which can also have linear leaves but they are broader and its flowers are more green to purpletinged, with petals that do not flare much if at all. An illustrated flora of the northern united states, canada and the british possessions. Large patches of milkweed are much more beneficial to caterpillars than solitary instances. The life cycle of monarch butterflies depends on milkweed photos 1 and 2. Winner of the 2020 max ritvo poetry prize, the clearing is a lush, lyrical book about a world where women are meant to carry things to safety and men leave decisively henri.

Flowers are technically in loose umbels, either upright or drooping, from 1 to 3 umbels per plant, light pink or creamcolored, nicely fragrant. Scientific name asclepias fascicularis decne family. Narrow leaf milkweed, mexican whorled milkweed, asclepias. Narrow leaved milkweed has narrow leaves, hence the name, and a wide native range. Mexican whorled milkweed, narrow leaf milkweed asclepias fascicularis, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to california, is also found outside of california, but is confined to western north america. They have five reflexed lobes that extend down away from the blossom. Many branching stems and long narrow leaves make a nice bushy 3 x 3 form topped with plentiful and pretty 2 creamypink clusters from june to sept. Each milkweed page indexed below includes a brief description of the species range and characteristics as well as thumbnail and fullsize images of its leaves, flowers and entire plant.

Contents cover page title page dedication epigraph. The narrowleaved milkweed asclepias mexicana and the. Asclepias fascicularis is a flowering perennial sending up many thin, erect stems and bearing distinctive long pointed leaves which are very narrow and often whorled about the stem, giving the plant its common names it blooms in clusters of lavender, pale pink, purple, white, to greenish shades of flowers. Leaves are long and narrow up to five inches and form a whorl spiral around the 12 inch to 36inch tall stem.

Asclepias fascicularis mexican whorled narrow leaf. Milkweed is an herbaceous, tall perennial that got its name for its milky sap that contains latex, alkaloids and other compounds. Asclepias fascicularis narrow leaved milkweed an easy to grow native perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall by an equal width and rhizomes that spread the plant to form small stands. Thanks amazon for putting milkweed out there for all to read. Narrow leaf milkweed, mexican whorled milkweed, asclepias fascicularis, photos.

Remember, there are more than 100 species of milkweed, so we need your help in building this guide. If predators approach, the caterpillars drop to the ground to hide and are most likely to find a nearby plant. Not until he is given his life assignment as the receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. I dont care, declares misha, the narrator of jerry spinellis wonderful new book, milkweed. Narrowleaved milkweed is an important nectar source for monarchs. Narrowleaf milkweed or mexican whorled milkweed is a flowering perennial sending up many thin, erect stems and bearing distinctive long pointed leaves. For that reason only a few experiments with the other milkweeds have been made at this station. Leaves are long and narrow up to five inches and form a. Milkweeds, of the apocyanceae dogbane family formerly of the asclepiadaceae milkweed family, are herbaceous perennials with 14 species identified in arkansas.

Fourleaf milkweed whorled milkweed fourleaved milkweed. It grows in dry prairies, savannas, open woods, and fallow fields, usually in sandy soil. This article will present some of the best milkweeds for monarchs, native ranges, and general information for. Over time he is taken in by a jewish group of orphans and he must avoid the nazis or jackboots while living on the streets with other orphans. Carl linnaeus, swedish botanist 17071778, named the genus after asclepius, the greek god of healing because of the many folkmedicinal uses for the milkweed plants. Uri and misha barely have time to escape with their coats and shoes.

It tends to go dormant in the winter and regenerate the next year. In milkweed by jerry spinelli, the protagonist later named misha is orphaned and must determine an identity for himself. Narrow leaved milkweed asclepias fascicularis a perennial, is one of four species of milkweed found in the santa monica mountains, grows in grassland habitats and flowers from late may into the first days of fall. It is a perennial with 3 tall stem and large but narrow five inch leaves, and a five inch or so flower cluster.

Books similar to milkweed meet your next favorite book. Winter one night, there is the sound of shouting and glass smashing above the basement room. Many thanks to those who helped in the writing of this book. The milkweed national fiction prize for adult literature, and the milkweed national fiction prize for childrens literature. This requires you to be able to identify the milkweed in your area.

Narrow, tapered, 4 to 17 cm long, arranged in opposite pairs. Located within the mound prairie sna at base of third, s face bluff n of hwy. Narrowleaved milkweed native plants csu channel islands. It has been stated that narrow and whorledleaved milkweeds are. Readers will be gripped by this story of a young orphan in warsaw. Asclepias fascicularis, narrowleaved milkweed, perennial. This book sparked an interest for me to learn more about the holocaust years ago and i can only hope each group i am able to share milkweed with has that same spark. Davis is even more silvery than the straight species.

Milkweeds are important pollinator plants attracting butterflies, moths, ants, bees, flies, and wasps. Besides their usefulness as a butterfly plant, the milkweeds are also beautiful. In her book, the california wildlife habitat garden, nancy bauer. Hes a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. Although monarchs have preferences of some varieties over others, there are many different species of milkweed plants that monarch caterpillars will gladly gobble up. It somewhat resembles the more common green milkweed asclepias viridiflora, which sometimes has similar broad leaves with wavy edges, but its leaves are shortstalked and not clasping, and its flower clusters arise from.

It has a disagreeable odor and taste when green, losing these when mature and dry. Monarch butterflies depend on different varieties of milkweed plants during every stage of their lifecycle for food, reproduction and shelter. Narrowleaf milkweed is a glabrous perennial with glabrous to ascending stems. People have used milkweed for fiber, food, and medicine all over the united states and southern canada. Common milkweed plants grow to about two to four feet in height, with a thin, vertical growth habit. Boston herald jerry spinelli has fashioned a novel of beauty out of the ugliness of the holocaust. Narrowleaf milkweed facts supports monarch butterflies native to much of united states prefers full to part sun 1 2 tall with narrow leaves and pale pink. Narrowleaved milkweed is an important host plant for many native pollinators including monarch, swallowtail, and striated queen. Two boys a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny einstein in leg braces forge a unique. Page 26 milkweed and others as poisonous plants after two years of observation in the field and in the feeding corrals we have good reason to believe that the narrowleaved milkweed is of far greater importance as a poisonous plant than any other species of milkweed growing in nevada. I have read it to my students for many years and i still cry at certain moments in the book. Milkweed books is an independent bookstore located in minneapolis.

Milkweed is a 2003 young adult historical fiction novel by american author jerry spinelli. Narrowleaved milkweed has narrow leaves, hence the name, and a wide native range. Milkweed is a totally accurate portrayal of the horrors the jewish people lived and died in under hitlers rule, yet it is presented in a fictional way that children can understand. It is a perennial with 3 tall stem and large but narrow five inch leaves. How to identify milkweed plants quickly and confidently save our. The long, oblong leaves are light green and grow to about eight inches long. In general, it appears that the broadleaved species produce cardiotoxic and gi effects while the narrowleaved species are more commonly neurotoxic.

It is a superb book, one of the best you will read. Details the narrowleaved milkweed asclepias mexicana. The book is about a boy in warsaw, poland in the years of world war ii during the holocaust. Clasping milkweed is recognized by the single terminal flower cluster and the stalkless, clasping leaves with wavy edges. Sustainable milkweed harvesters of michigan home facebook. Narrowleaved milkweed asclepias fascicularis decne. Milkweed editions is an independent book publisher of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The prizes are awarded for the best general fiction and for the best fiction for middlegrade readers, ages 8 to, by a writer not previously published by milkweed. The alkaloids associated with this plant give the butterfly larvae that feed on it.