Asclepias californica subsp. californica

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Corona segments 4–6 mm, apex usually rounded, opening extending from apex to base more than halfway, often more than three-quarters.


Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jul­(–Aug); fruiting (Apr–)May–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Slopes, flats, ridge tops, canyons, arroyos, bajadas, granite, volcanic substrates, rhyolite, limestone, rocky, clay, and sandy soils, pinyon, oak, juniper, and oak-juniper woodlands, pine and mixed-conifer forests, shrublands, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, riparian woods, non-native grasslands.
Elevation: 300–2300 m.

Discussion

Subspecies californica ranges south from Kern and San Bernardino counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Mark Fishbein +
Greene +
Acerates tomentosa +
300–2300 m. +
Slopes, flats, ridge tops, canyons, arroyoSlopes, flats, ridge tops, canyons, arroyos, bajadas, granite, volcanic substrates, rhyolite, limestone, rocky, clay, and sandy soils, pinyon, oak, juniper, and oak-juniper woodlands, pine and mixed-conifer forests, shrublands, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, riparian woods, non-native grasslands.ub, riparian woods, non-native grasslands. +
Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jul(–Aug) +  and fruiting (Apr–)May–Aug(–Sep). +
Acerates +, Anantherix +, Asclepiodella +, Asclepiodora +, Biventraria +, Oxypteryx +, Podostemma +, Podostigma +  and Solanoa +
Asclepias californica subsp. californica +
Asclepias californica +
subspecies +