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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
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Family: Apocynaceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Asclepias | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Asclepias vestita Hook. & Arn. NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb, generally dense-hairy, +- glabrous in age or not. Stem: ascending. Leaf: opposite; petiole generally short; blade elliptic, lanceolate, or ovate. Inflorescence: terminal and at upper nodes; peduncle +- 0. Flower: corolla reflexed, cream to purple; hoods +- elevated above corolla base, at +- same level as anther head, yellow-white, occasionally with vertical brown stripe; horns exserted, at +- same level as hoods. Fruit: erect on +- reflexed pedicels. Seed: +- 10 mm (largest in California). Ecology: Dry plains, brushy flats, hillsides, desert canyons; Elevation: 50--1350 m. Bioregional Distribution: GV, CW, TR, DMoj. Flowering Time: Apr--Jul Synonyms: Asclepias vestita subsp. parishii (Jeps.) Woodson; Asclepias vestita subsp. vestita; Asclepias vestita var. parishii Jeps.; Asclepias vestita var. vestita; Unabridged Note: For our pls, Asclepias vestita var. vestita (corolla cream; dry plains, low hills; GV, CW) and Asclepias vestita var. parishii Jeps. (corolla purple; brushy flats, hillsides, desert canyons; CW, TR, DMoj) have been recognized elsewhere, but there is considerable intergradation morphologically, which even Woodson (p. 149), in elevating the varieties to subspecies, allowed could be environmental rather than genetic, so that infraspecific taxa in this sp. are not recognized here. eFlora Treatment Author: Thomas J. Rosatti & Carol A. Hoffman Unabridged Reference: Liede-Schumann & Meve 2006 http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/planta2/research/databases/delta_as/www/asclep.htm; Woodson 1954 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 41:1--211 Jepson Online Interchange Previous taxon: Asclepias subulata Next taxon: Catharanthus |
Citation for this treatment: Thomas J. Rosatti & Carol A. Hoffman 2013, Asclepias vestita, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 1, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=14441, accessed on April 21, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 21, 2018. More photos of Asclepias vestita in CalPhotos
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