PLANTS Profile for Asclepias scaposa (Bear Mountain milkweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Asclepias scaposa Vail
Bear Mountain milkweed

Symbol:

ASSC9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Asclepias scaposa Vail

Distribution:
Asclepias scaposa Vail


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USA (NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias scaposa Vail

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias

Classification:
Asclepias scaposa Vail

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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 scaposa Vail – Bear Mountain milkweed

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Asclepias scaposa Vail

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30302.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:46 PM CDT