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Desert Milkweed

Asclepias subulata

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Mature plants of this species have many leafless stems rising from a single root crown with a density similar to that of horsetails. Small leaves are produced after periods of rainfall. With or without rainfall, these plants usually bear a few umbels and then pendulous, narrow pods.

Habitat:

Desert Botanical Gardens

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Asclepias subulata

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Sonoran Desert - Plants and Animals
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PublishedOctober 3, 2015

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