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Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-us er-OSE-a
Common name: Desert milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Dry slopes and sandy washes to 6000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Asclepias 2) erosa