Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias asperula (Decne.) Woodson
Antelope-horns, Spider Milkweed, Green-flowered Milkweed, Spider Antelope-horns, Antelope Horns
Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed Family)
USDA Symbol: ASASUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Asclepias asperula
Antelope-Horns
Asclepiaceae
Location: N side of Hollyhock RD., 75' E of Babcock RD.
Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry, medium loamy soil. Single mature plant. Full sun, among Poaceae.
Description: Perennial herb from woody root. Flowers greenish to creamy white, of complex structure, in rounded umbel. Fruit--a follicle with coma on seed.
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Sept. 23, 1991
Specimen number: 127
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0137
Accession Date: Dec. 18,1991
Accession Number: 12
Annotations: SCXXB