The plot deals with the realities of being jewish in nazioccupied poland during world war ii, as seen through the eyes of an innocent child forced to steal food and change his name to survive on the streets. 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 narrow leaved milkweed is of far greater importance as a poisonous plant than any other species of milkweed growing in nevada. The book is about a boy in warsaw, poland in the years of world war ii during the holocaust. This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. Everything you need to know about how to grow milkweed, including advice on where and when to plant milkweed and end of season care instructions. Linear to lanceolate, often folded lengthwise 3 512 15. Eventually the caterpillars will spin their cocoons, attaching them to the leaves and stems of the milkweed plants. Plants profile for asclepias verticillata whorled milkweed. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Includes info on planting times, spacing, watering, soil conditions, and tips for growing from seed. Ovalleaved milkweed is a perennial plant in the milkweed family asclepiadaceae. Now that youve met some milkweeds, head over to the national wildlife federations milkweed resources page to learn about more milkweed species and where you can find milkweed for your garden. It likes dry sandy, clayey or rocky soil in sun or part shade and can be found growing in a variety of environments from hill prairies to.
The life cycle of monarch butterflies unfolds amidst milkweed plants as female monarch butterflies lay eggs on milkweed leaves. Narrow leaf milkweed is a glabrous perennial with glabrous to ascending stems. Is tropical milkweed killing monarch butterflies grow or no. Scnps journal fall 2012 the south carolina native plant society. Milkweed is a 2003 young adult historical fiction novel by american author jerry spinelli. Picture galleries of plant families including 150 wild orchids. Milkweed stems have minute fuzz, while those of dogbane lack fuzz and are almost shiny.
Native seed producers, restoration practitioners, land managers, monarch. The it i am referring to is, of course, milkweed the lifeblood of monarchs milkweed comes in many sizes, flower colors, and growth habits for north american gardens the good news is that monarchs will utilize many different species of milkweed to support their life cycle. Asclepias verticillata asclepias verticillata whorled milkweed is a michigan native and one of the most broadly distributed of all milkweeds in the united states. Whorled milkweed asclepias verticillata in the dogbane.
Leaves linear, in whorls of 36 with short petioles, often with smaller side shoots. The clear, natural photographs in jon farrars field guide to wildflowers of nebraska and the great plains show colors and details seldom seen and set a standard for books of this sort. Inflorescence consists of umbels with leafless stalks. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. This milkweed is found in sand plain communities such as city park. During its larval stage, the monarch consumes large amounts of milkweed and although the caterpillar is unaffected by the poison, any bird. Parents need to know that this is a very disturbing book and it is meant to be. Asclepias tuberosa bring back the monarchs monarch watch.
Simple leaves have a single blade attached to a stem known as a petiole. All milkweeds are perennial with lanceshaped leaves, usually opposite. Milkweed, penned by newbery medal winner jerry spinelli, tells the story of a young boy with no identity. Michigan lily, common yarrow, columbine, common milkweed, green milkweed, narrow leaved milkweed, harebell, daisy fleabane, flowering spurge, clammy ground. Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on the leaves of milkweed, the only host plant for this iconic butterfly species. Slender plants with multiple stems with umbels of small white to pale pinkish flowers. Bailey mentions this plant in his book among ri wildflowers as growing in buttonwoods. Without it, they cannot complete their life cycle and their populations decline. Milkweed, monarchs and more, was created to be a field guide and provide basic background information for volunteers in the citizen science monarch larva monitoring project, as well as monarch enthusiasts and classrooms involved in monarch studies. Narrow leaved 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. Narrowleaf milkweed also has narrow, linear leaves and whitish flowers.
Due to loss of habitat and other environmental factors, monarch butterflies have been in decline. Eileen nechas, patty beaumont, susan cherner, charmaine leibold, laurie baty, ariel gold. In addition to serving as home to milkweed editions, milkweed books, the loft literary center, and the minnesota center for book arts, the building offers a coffee shopbistro, a literary commons, and event space. Scientific names common names botanical families dominant colour. Asclepias is also known as silk of america which is a strand of common milkweed asclepias syriaca gathered mainly in the valley of the saint lawrence river in canada. Contents cover page title page dedication epigraph acknowledgments chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6. Flowers greenish white or tinted purplish pink, corolla lobes reflexed back, 5 hoodlike appendages folded inward, each containing a small horn extending outward.
Fourleaved milkweed asclepias quadrifolia has lanceovate leaves in whorls of three to four, and white to pale pink flowers. Moving and darkly funny, this is an ambitious debut about technology, capitalism, motherhood, and the search for meaningful art, at once a. Texas butterfly ranch reported that a tropical milkweed research patch left overwinter in san antonio had an occurrence of 15% oehowever, other monitoring sites observed by the monarch larva monitoring. 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. Narrow leaf milkweed, asclepias fascicularis calscape. Know your natives whorled milkweed arkansas native plant. In addition to serving as home to milkweed editions, milkweed books, the loft literary center, and the minnesota center for book arts, the building offers a coffee shopbistro, a. Butterfly weed, asclepias tuberosa, also called pleurisy root, butterfly milkweed, or orange milkweed, north american plant of the dogbane family apocynaceae, a stout roughhaired perennial with long roots. As such, milkweed is critical for the survival of monarchs.
The setting for this young adult novel is the warsaw ghetto, and the time is the onset of. Field guide to wildflowers of nebraska and the great. Four leaved milkweed asclepias quadrifolia has lanceovate leaves in whorls of three to four, and white to pale pink flowers. The silk is used in thermal insulation, acoustic insulation, and oil absorbents. Native purple milkweed, asclepias purpurascens, has flowers similar to common milkweed but with deeper purple blooms and more pointed leaves. Texas milkweed asclepias texana, courtesy bill carr. Simple and compound refer to whether or not a leaf the leaf is divided.
When the eggs hatch, monarch caterpillars grow large eating milkweed foliage. Thanks amazon for putting milkweed out there for all to read. 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. The leaves of nonnatives like tropical milkweed and balloon plant gomphocarpus physocarpus stay viable from first leaf until first frost. Searching for minnesotas native wildflowers page 3. 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. Narrowleaf milkweed or mexican whorled milkweed 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.
Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa, swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata are considered the. In these habitats, it receives plenty of sun and moisture. Pictures, identification and habitat guides to 650 wildflower species of britain and europe. Linearleaved milkweed is the only milkweed with numerous narrow leaves in whorls of three to six, with leaves rolled under along the edges. To make sure you are looking at a leaf and not a leaflet, look.
Many thanks to those who helped in the writing of this book. Narrow leaved milkweed is an important host plant for many native pollinators including monarch, swallowtail, and striated queen butterflies, beetles, wasps, and bees. You might be familiar with the butterfly gardener catchphrase plant it and they will come. The book tells the story of the lost forty scientific and natural area, so called because it was mistakenly surveyed as a lake in 1882 and overlooked by loggers for over seventy years. A conservation practitioners guide provides conservation professionals with information about optimizing milkweed seed production methods, offers guidance on incorporating milkweeds into restoration and revegetation efforts, and highlights milkweeds unique characteristics and value to wildlife. See also the nature and biology of orchids, systematics and taxonomy, conservation designations, and caring for orchids as house plants index of species sort by. Compound leaves have multiple blades known as leaflets. Stop milkweed pests from ruining milkweed for monarchs. It covers the diverse natural community thrives in the milkweed growing along our highways and woodland edges. Alma and her family live a life close to the landthen, one night, she abruptly leaves it all behind. Growing milkweed from seed outside janet allen swamp milkweed seed pod, more slender than the common milkweed pod most people think of. Leaves are in whorls of 35, often with axillary clusters of small leaves. Dogbane stems are usually reddishpurple on the upper part, and become thin before the top leaves, while milkweed stems are green and remain thick even up to the last set of leaves. Certain species of milkweed plants contain a poison called cardiac glycosides, which is similar to the heart drug digitalis.
Most toxic is labriform milkweed followed by the narrowleaf whorled milkweed. About narrow leaf milkweed asclepias fascicularis 48 nurseries carry this plant add to my plant list. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers that are zygomorphic can be divided by only a single plane into two mirrorimage halves, much like a persons face, or rarely actinomorphic can be divided into symmetrical halves by more than one longitudinal plane passing through the axis, much as a pie can be cut into several equal and identical pieces. The erect, somewhat branching stem grows up to 1 metre 3 feet tall and has linear, alternately arranged leaves.
Also stay tuned on how to become a butterfly hero this march to receive a free pack of milkweed or nectar plant seeds to get your monarch garden. It has been testgrown in different elevations over the past five years to verify the vigor and adaptability to different conditions. It is in flower from june to august, and the seeds ripen in september. Milkweed for monarchs national wildlife federation. During much of the year, this milkweed is rather inconspicuous. For that reason only a few experiments with the other milkweeds have been made at this station. Know your natives whorled milkweed arkansas native. While the butterflies summer in the north, the milkweeds leaves turn brown and seed pods form. Milkweed leaves provide the sole sustenance for monarch larvae. Many of the plants illustrated are rarely photographed with such care, and they grow in a region thats often neglected by similar manuals. Planting milkweed asclepias is essential to creating a habitat for the beloved monarch butterflys survival, as they are the only plants on which monarch caterpillars will feed.
Milkweed books is located on the first floor of open book, the nations largest literary arts center. The genus name asclepias refers to the greek god of medicine asklepios. With its narrow, linear and mostly whorled leaves, whorled milkweed is easily distinguished from the other milkweeds, with perhaps the exception of narrowleaf milkweed asclepias stenophylla which is known from only a couple of northborder counties. Identification of milkweeds lady bird johnson wildflower. It has linear leaves arranged in whorls around the stem and white flowers which bloom in late july and august.