Also known as Savanna Milkweed
Asclepias pedicellata, a slender milkweed, is native to dry, rocky soils of SW USA/N Mexico. It bears small, nodding, often greenish-purple flowers and hosts monarch.
Photos of Savannah Milkweed (Asclepias pedicellata)
Common names and botanical synonyms
Botanical classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| kingdom | Plantae |
| division | Tracheophyta |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Gentianales |
| family | Apocynaceae |
| genus | Asclepias |
| species | Asclepias pedicellata |
