PLANTS Profile for Asclepias erosa (desert milkweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Asclepias erosa Torr.
desert milkweed

Symbol:

ASER2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Asclepias erosa Torr.

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Distribution:
Asclepias erosa Torr.


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Related Taxa:
Asclepias erosa Torr.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias

Classification:
Asclepias erosa Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Asclepias L. – milkweed
Species	Asclepias erosa Torr. – desert milkweed

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias erosa Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30265.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:39 PM CDT