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Asclepias linaria
Also called Pine Needle Milkweed, Yerba De Cuervo
Pineneedle milkweed (Asclepias linaria) is a native perennial shrub or herb of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts, valued for its pine-needle-like leaves and as a host plant for monarch butterflies. Its key to growing is full sun and very sharp drainage, as it is adapted to dry desert conditions.
Asclepias linaria is a species of milkweed known by the common name pineneedle milkweed.
It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of Northwestern Mexico and Arizona.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asclepias linaria 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.
