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Asclepias fruticosa L.
APOCYNACEAE (genus previously included in Asclepiadaceae)
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T. Aiton
Initial Editorial Analysis 15 Jan 2007
Source of Report for California Hrusa et al., Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DIST: deltaic GV: Hrusa et al. Current Status: Casual: DOC: Contra Costa Co.: Martinez Regional Shoreline, Granger's Wharf Park, north end of Berrelessa St. Aug. 21, 1977, Walter and Irja Knight 3158 (CAS): NOTES: Narrow leaves like A. fascicularis, but pods ovate with long bristles. Not relocated in 2001, but site had been recently denuded by heavy grading.
Initial Editorial Comments according to Hrusa et al., in California occurring as a waif (3 Feb 2003).
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Thomas J. Rosatti see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 confirms that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Asclepias fruticosa L. is to be treated as a waif, not naturalized, possibly extirpated in CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, not naturalized in CA, a waif
Current Status JFP-3, accepted name for taxon occurring in CA only as a waif and/or garden escape, not naturalized
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 15 Jan 2007
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Asclepias
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Asclepias

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