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Asclepias prostrata, commonly known as prostrate milkweed, is a species of perennial plant in the genus Asclepias. [2] It has triangular to elliptical foliage with wavy margins, stems up to 16 inches (410 mm) long, and grows low to the ground (hence the name, which refers to a prostrate growth habit) in sandy soils.
Purple milkweed: Native to eastern, southern, and midwestern United States Asclepias prostrata: Prostrate milkweed: Native to Texas and northern Mexico Asclepias quadrifolia: Four-leaved milkweed: Native to eastern United States and Canada: Asclepias rubra: Red milkweed Asclepias solanoana: Serpentine milkweed: Native to northern California ...
Asclepias solanoana is a rare species of milkweed known by the common names serpentine milkweed, prostrate milkweed, and solanoa. It is endemic to California , where it grows only in the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area .
Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...
A deer may not show any signs of CWD until 18 to 24 months after becoming infected, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Arguably the most obvious sign is drastic weight loss, or “wasting.”
Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). [2] The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California , Arizona , and Mexico .
The original range of Asclepias sullivantii was the tall grass prairie, but very little of that habitat remains because of wide spread conversion to farming. [4] In Minnesota it is listed as threatened species, mainly because of habitat loss , and the remaining plants are found on old railroad right ways that preserve small prairie remnants.
Like several other species of milkweed, A. asperula is a food for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Along with being food for monarchs, the plants also contain toxic cardiac glycosides ( cardenolides ) that the monarchs retain, making them unpalatable and poisonous to predators .