View source for Asclepias cryptoceras subsp. cryptoceras

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|common_names=Pallid or jewel milkweed;cow cabbage
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Asclepias;Asclepias cryptoceras;Asclepias cryptoceras subsp. cryptoceras
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asclepias]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asclepias cryptoceras]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Asclepias cryptoceras subsp. cryptoceras]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 0–5 mm; blade broadly ovate or oval to orbiculate, 3–7 × 2–6 cm, apex rounded to obtuse, venation eucamptodromous to faintly brochidodromous, surfaces sparsely strigose on midvein abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> 4–10-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> (15–)25–35 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 7–8 mm; corolla lobes 11–14 mm; fused anthers dark brown, 2–3 mm; corona segments red-violet, 6–8 mm, apices (including recurved tooth) exceeding style apices.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul; fruiting May–Jul.
|habitat=Ridge tops, mesas, slopes, flats, arroyos, canyons, plains, alluvium, sandstone, shale, gypsum, limestone, granite, ash, sand, silt, clay, or calcareous soils, juniper, pinyon-juniper, and oak woodlands, shrubby grasslands.
|elevation=1300–2700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies cryptoceras co-occurs with and, in vegetative morphology, is remarkably similar to Astragalus asclepiadoides (Fabaceae), Cycladenia humilis (Apocynaceae), and Mirabilis multiflora (Nyctaginaceae). One cannot help but speculate that they form a mysterious mimicry complex. Subspecies cryptoceras is rare in Arizona (Coconino, Mohave, and Navajo counties) and Nevada (Lincoln and Nye counties).</p>
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name=Asclepias cryptoceras subsp. cryptoceras
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|rank=subspecies
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|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul; fruiting May–Jul.
|habitat=Ridge tops, mesas, slopes, flats, arroyos, canyons, plains, alluvium, sandstone, shale, gypsum, limestone, granite, ash, sand, silt, clay, or calcareous soils, juniper, pinyon-juniper, and oak woodlands, shrubby grasslands.
|elevation=1300–2700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;Utah;Wyo.
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|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Asclepias
|species=Asclepias cryptoceras
|subspecies=Asclepias cryptoceras subsp. cryptoceras
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