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Asclepias emoryi
Asclepias emoryi, common name Emory's milkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed (Asclepias) genus and Apocynaceae family. It grows in New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. It is a perennial.
It was described by American botanist Edward Lee Greene in 1897. It grows in sandy soils including disturbed areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias emoryi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
