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Asclepias engelmanniana
Asclepias engelmanniana, Engelmann's milkweed, is a species of milkweed from the central United States and northern Mexico.
Engelmann's milkweed is native to northern Mexico and the central United States. In Mexico it grows in two states, Chihuahua and Coahuila. In New Mexico it grows in the eastern part of the state with reports from the west likely to be the similar Asclepias rusbyi. In Texas it is found in many scattered areas of the west and north and into western Oklahoma. It native primarily to western Kansas and is also found in eastern Colorado, but reports from southwestern Colorado are also Asclepias rusbyi. It is also found in seven widely scattered counties in Nebraska. The elevation range for the species is from 200 to 2,300 meters (660–7,550 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias engelmanniana 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.
