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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: Usually tinged a bright pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Indian Milkweed
  • Monarch Milkweed
  • Woollypod Milkweed
  • Milkweed

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Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, California
Date: 2007-06-30
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, California
Date: 2007-06-30
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, California
Date: 2007-06-30
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, California
Date: 2008-10-11
Location: Home garden
Date: Aug. 2014
Hostplant too!
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2007-06-30
Location: Home garden
Date: Aug. 2014
Location: Home garden
Date: Aug. 2014
Location: Home garden
Date: Aug. 2014
Location: Malibu Creek State Park
Date: May
Location: Asclepias eriocarpa Monarch caterpillars 1
Date: 2014-07-13
Credit USFWS

Date: 2014-07-14
Credit USFWS
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