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Asclepias texana Heller

Texas milkweed, White milkweed
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)

USDA Symbol: ASTE
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Asclepias texana

Texas Milkweed

Asclepiadaceae

Location: Hwy 16, 5.6 km NW of Helotes, on S side of road.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In road cut of limestone at base of slanting limestone facing north with afternoon shade.

Description: Branched, erct, 6 dm tall, 4.5 dm wide; well branched leaves eliptic to lanceolate or obovate; sap milky; three umbel clusters of flowers which are white, distinctive pod stiffly, upwardly errect.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Mike Fox
 Collection Date: Aug 20, 1994
 Specimen number: 115

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0916
 Accession Date: Aug 24, 1994
 Accession Number: 67

Annotations: (In flower & fruit)

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