Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional but widespread understory herb in open freshwater wetlands and pinelands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Erect medium wildflower, with narrow leaves; barely noticeable when not in flower.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States north to New Jersey, west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.
Habitats:
	Wet pinelands and marl prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated calcareous or sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Red and orange.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Summer.
Fruit:
	Slender pod (follicle) with wind dispersed seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for monarch (Danaus plexippus) and queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies; possible larval host of soldier (Danaus eresimus) butterflies. Nectar plant for monarch (Danaus plexippus) and other butterflies. Also attracts bees and other insect pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	An excellent butterfly plant for wet spots in the garden. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page and Monarchs & Milkweed flyer. See also a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about Asclepias lanceolata's relationship with the Queen butterfly.