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Asclepias brachystephana
Also called Shortcrown Milkweed, Short Crowned Milkweed
Bract milkweed is a small perennial milkweed from dry desert and shrubland in the southwestern US and northern Mexico. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and very little water once established.
Asclepias brachystephana, or bract milkweed, is a species of perennial milkweed native to southeast Arizona to Texas and north and west Mexico. It grows in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
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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.
