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Arizona Milkweed

Asclepias angustifolia.

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

The flowers are in umbels at the stem tips. Each flower is up to 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) across and has 5 reflexed petals and a hooded central column. The leaves are green, opposite, and linear to narrowly lance-shaped. The steams are errect.

Habitat:

Desert Botanical Garden

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Flowers of North America
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Sonoran Desert - Plants and Animals
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Arthropoding around the arizona
Photographed
PublishedOctober 14, 2015

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