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Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-as nik-taj-in-i-FO-lee-a
Common name: Mojave milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Washes and dry slopes to 5500', eastern Mojave Desert, New York and Providence Mts
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Asclepias 2) nyctaginifolia