Latin name: Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn.
Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-as ves-TIE-ta
Common name: Woolly milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Dry flats and slopes, desert canyons to 4500', Transverse Range, Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Asclepias 2) vestita
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