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Blood Flower

Asclepias curassavica

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

judging from the seed pod.it looked like a species of milkweed.

Habitat:

garden

Species ID Suggestions

Tropical Milkweed

Asclepias curassavica

Reference Link
stho002
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Comments (7)
HemaShah
i am not surprised it is called blood flower! i will change the name to that.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Pretty shot! Here's a reference from CalFlora that has a common name of Blood Flower http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=744
HemaShah
thnx stho,for yet another ID :)

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Wild Flowers Of Mt Diablo and surrounding open space
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2013

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