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Pronunciation: few-NAS-trum her-TEL-um
Common name: Hairy milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Washes, desert pavement below 3500', creosote bush scrub, Colorado and eastern Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Funastrum 2) hirtellum
Formerly Sarcostemma hirtellum