Asclepias californica subsp. californica

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
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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. +
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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 +