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Asclepias cordifolia

Purple milkweed and Heartleaved milkweed.

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Asclepias cordifolius, Purple Milkweed, flower. - grid24_24
Asclepias cordifolius, Purple Milkweed, flower. - grid24_24
Asclepias cordifolia - Heart-leaf milkweed.flowers - grid24_24
Asclepias cordifolia Purple milkweed, COOL - grid24_24
Leaves and flowers are very distinct on Purple Milkweed - grid24_24
Notice the grassy weeds. We're finding them everywhere, and these are flash fuels. After the fire spreads by the embers landing in the weeds, you get more weeds. - grid24_24
Notice, no weeds and pine needles. - grid24_24
This is the fruit of Purple Milkweed - grid24_24
Asclepias cordifolia, Purple milkweed or Heart leafed milkweed is native to northern California,the Sierra Nevada mountains, Oregon, and western Nevada. Purple milkweed grows in all sorts of plant communities and is commonly one of the plants found on some of the northern California serpentine slopes. The leaves of purple milkweeds are tinged purple and they aren't as fuzzy as many milkweeds.

Asclepias cordifolia tolerates serpentine.
Asclepias cordifolia is great for a butterfly garden.
Foliage of Asclepias cordifolia is deciduous.
Flower of Asclepias cordifolia has color violet.

Communities for Asclepias cordifolia:Mixed-evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest and Central Oak Woodland.

ph: 5.00 to 7.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.30 to 1.00
width[m]: 0.30 to 0.80
rainfall[cm]: 50.00 to 100.00

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