2024 Wildflowers Permanent™ stamps

This year’s issue in the annual Flowers series includes two stamps featuring the native wildflowers butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata).

These wildflowers are important sources of food for a variety of pollinators, including hummingbirds and insects such as butterflies and bees.

About the design

These stamps feature the brilliant blossoms of butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata).

The butterfly milkweed has lance-shaped green leaves and clusters of orange flowers. The spotted beebalm has light-purple leaf bracts and tubular yellow flowers at various points along its stem.