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Asclepias involucrata
Dwarf milkweed is a low, ground-hugging perennial native to dry, open country in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and needs little water once established.
Asclepias involucrata, synonym Asclepias macrosperma, (dwarf milkweed) is a perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae native from the west and south central United States to north Mexico. In the southwestern United States, it is found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region.
Asclepias involucrata is native to Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah in the United States and to Northeast and Northwest Mexico. It can be found in mixed desert shrub and pinyon juniper woodland communities.
The Zuni people mix the dry powdered root with saliva and use it for an unspecified illness. The Zuni also note that this plant is favored by jackrabbits.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias involucrata 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.
