Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party Photo #1:By Eric in SF

Photo #1:By Eric in SF (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3

Penstemon pallidus (Pale Beardtongue) is a native of the dry prairie and savanna

It is very drought tolerant once established but may be consumed by rabbits and rodents particularly overwinters with tight food resources

and sometimes mesic prairies

Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed) Pollinator Party Photo #1:By Eric in SFMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a