The common milkweed, a wildflower (or weed, depending on your perspective), a species native to North America, has survived and until recently, thrived, because it is highly adaptive and opportunistic. Of all the milkweed’s marvels, though, its most intriguing—and celebrated—is its relationship with the magnificent monarch butterfly.
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