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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 .
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.
The Miwok people of northern California used heart-leaf milkweed (A. cordifolia) for its stems, which they dried and used for cords, strings and ropes. [ 28 ] The fine, silky fluff attached to milkweed seeds, which allows them to be distributed long distances on the wind, is known as floss.
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 ...
Asclepias californica is frequently found in dry, sloping areas at elevations of 600 to 7,000 feet (182 to 2,134 meters). [1] The wide elevation range indicates Asclepias californica is able to survive with varying temperature and precipitation levels, contributing to its broad distribution in California and Baja California.
Asclepias cordifolia is a species of milkweed commonly called heart-leaf milkweed or purple milkweed (a common name shared with another milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens). [2] It is native to the western United States (California, Nevada, Oregon), growing between 50 and 2,000 m (160 and 6,560 ft) elevation in the northern Sierra Nevada and ...
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.
Asclepias asperula, commonly called antelope horns milkweed or spider milkweed, [2] is a species of milkweed native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description [ edit ]