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Asclepias ameliae is a perennial milkweed from the seasonally dry woodlands and grasslands of south-central Africa, found at about 1200 to 1500 m. It is not a common garden plant, so care is best based on its native conditions: full sun, good drainage and a dry-season rest.
Asclepias ameliae is a species of perennial milkweed endemic to The Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia to Angola. It grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome open, mixed woodlands and occasionally seasonally wet grasslands at elevations of 1200 - 1500 m. It is in the family Apocynaceae. It is named after Forte Princeza Amelia, near where the type specimen was found.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias ameliae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
