Asclepias albicans S.Watson

Whitestem milkweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Asclepias

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves grow in rings of 3 on the lower branches. The branches are stick like and almost naked. The leaves are narrow and 3 cm long. The flower clusters have many small green flowers with purple tints. The fruit are long thick follicles that hang down.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the Sonoran desert in California.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses food food additive fuel material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Shampoo (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Heart (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Asclepias albicans unspecified picture

Distribution

Asclepias albicans world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21135-2
WFO ID wfo-0000551081
COL ID H689
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Asclepias albicans