Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Asclepias latifolia is the only milkweed in the Gila Wilderness with leaves that are
several centimeters wide, about half as wide as they are long. The veins of the leaves
are conspicuous and the leaf apices are frequently mucronate. The flowers, which tend to hide from view, are axillary and greenish white. The pedicel to the fruit (a follicle) is sharply bent (deflexed.)
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Asclepias latifolia, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, June 17, 2007
Asclepias latifolia, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, July 23, 2009
Asclepias latifolia, follicles (note deflexed pedicels), photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road near Tyrone Ridge Access cutoff, October 8, 2009
Asclepias latifolia, follicle measured (note deflexed pedicel), photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road near Tyrone Ridge Access cutoff, October 8, 2009
Asclepias latifolia, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road near Tyrone Ridge Access cutoff, October 8, 2009
Asclepias latifolia, immature follicle opened, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road near Tyrone Ridge Access cutoff, October 8, 2009
Asclepias latifolia, macro of seeds within follicle, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road near Tyrone Ridge Access cutoff, October 8, 2009
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