Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed

Showy milkweed can be found in locations where you would normally find weeds like, along roadsides, open fields and ditches up to about 7,000 feet. We found these in an open field in southern Idaho.

Showy Milkweed

Milkweed flowers are unusually shaped. Note how the flowers are arranged in a 5-pointed star pattern. This Showy Milkweed bloom was in a field in Malad Gorge State Park near Hagerman, Idaho.

Showy Milkweed

Joyce photographed this showy milkweed bloom in Malad Gorge State Park in southern Idaho, along the Snake River.

Beetles on Showy Milkweed

Showy milkweeds have a stout stem and most we see are around 3-feet tall.

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on showy milkweed leaves. The eggs hatch as larvae that consume the leaves (and milk), which is toxic. It makes both the caterpillar and the adult butterfly taste terrible, on top of being toxic, to predators.

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