Asclepias prostrata W.H. Blackwell. Common name: Prostrate Milkweed. Phenology: Mar-Oct; Jul-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: "Sparse early-successional vegetation on loamy fine sands and fine sandy loams" (Carr 2016). Distribution: S. TX (Tamaulipan Plain: Starr and Zapata counties) and ne. Mexico (TAM).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, K4, Mex, Tx. Basionym: Asclepias prostrata W.H.Blackw. 1964
Links to other floras: = Asclepias prostrata - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Great Plains: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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