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Tropical Milkweed

Asclepias curassavica

Photo by misako
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Field Notes

Description:

Asclepias curassavica, commonly called Mexican Butterfly Weed, Blood-flower, Scarlet Milkweed or, Tropical Milkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the American tropics (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Garden in suburban house in Sebastopol, CA.

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