UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0016714
UCR-BPS-99728
UCR-99728
Asclepias albicans S. Wats.
Apocynaceae
A. C. Sanders (1996)
B.G. Pitzer
2924
1996-11-09
1996-11-9
United States, California, Riverside, Orocopia Mtns: Bob’s Cabin, c. 4.5 air miles south of the west end of Hayfield Lake & c. 4 road miles north of Salt Creek Road/SR211; Colorado Desert
33.61783 -115.602
PH 2E 2N; T6S R13E sec26
610 meters (2001ft)
Rocky, dissected upper fan (washes & uplands between); Fouquieria splendens, Larrea tridentata, Yucca schidigera, Simmondsia, Ambrosia dumosa, Opuntia echinocapa, O. ramosissima, O. bigelovii, Hyptis emoryi, Ziziphus, etc.
Flowering & Fruiting
Uncommon 6 ft. perennial; fls. creamy to greenish white. Only a few individuals w/ fls.