PLANTS Profile for Asclepias californica (California milkweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Asclepias californica Greene
California milkweed

Symbol:

ASCA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

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 notification of the copyright holder.

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Asclepias californica Greene

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Distribution:
Asclepias californica Greene


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Asclepias californica Greene

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 76 species in Asclepias or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Asclepias californica ssp. californica
California milkweed

Asclepias californica ssp. greenei
Greene's milkweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Asclepias californica Greene

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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 californica Greene – California milkweed

More Accounts and Images:
Asclepias californica Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30251.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

Time Generated: 11/03/2008 02:34 PM MST