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Special Value to Honey Bees
Identified by beekeepers and pollination biologists as an important pollen or nectar source (honey plant) for honey bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Asclepias subulata | Rush milkweed Desert milkweed Ajamete | |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
| Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie milkweed Sullivant's milkweed Smooth milkweed | |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | |
| Asclepias texana | Texas milkweed White milkweed | |
| Asclepias tomentosa | Tuba milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias variegata | Redring milkweed White-flowered milkweed | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed Eastern whorled milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green milkweed Green comet milkweed Green antelopehorn milkweed | |
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