This is one of our woodland milkweeds! *Poke Milkweed* or *_Asclepias exaltata_* is one of my favorite milkweeds in my garden as it tolerates some shade and has lovely foliage. If you are looking for a *Monarch* host plant for your midwestern open space, this is one you definitely need!
The Omaha-Ponca called it "Walitha-ska" and was used as a treatment stomach ailment according to the 1911-1912 U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology.
_Asclepias exaltata_ is native to the eastern and northeastern United States.
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