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Asclepias arenaria
Sand milkweed is a perennial milkweed native to sandy soils and dune edges across the central US and northern Mexico. Grow it in full sun in loose, sandy, well-drained soil, as it is a plant of open prairie rather than wet ground.
Asclepias arenaria, sand milkweed, is a species of milkweed that grows in the central US and northern Mexico.
It is native to northern Mexico and the central United States to South Dakota. In Mexico it is native to just two states, Chihuahua and Durango. North of the border it is found in southeastern New Mexico, with records of it from Chaves, Roosevelt, De Baca, and Quay counties. In southern Texas the populations are isolated, but it is much more widespread in the Texas Panhandle. The species grows in the western half of Oklahoma and mostly in western Kansas, but with some occurrences in eastern parts of the state. In Colorado it is a plant of the eastern plains and it is found through much of Nebraska, but though still widespread it becomes rare in the northern half of the state. Northwards it crosses over into South Dakota in Bennett County. The population in Wyoming is isolated, the one area where it is known are the sandhills of Goshen County near Torrington.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias arenaria 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.
