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Photo Guide : Asclepias stenophylla (Narrow-Leaf Milkweed)

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  • Perennial herb from a stout vertical rootstock
  • 2-10dm tall
  • leaves mostly alternate to subopposite, 8-18cm long, 1-5mm wide
  • Flowers: greenish-white
  • Habitat: Sandy or rocky calcareous soils of prairies
  • Distribution: se MT, ne WY, w & s SD, NE, KS, MO, OK, TX (w IL to n-cen CO, s to w AR, TX)
Text taken from:
Great Plains Association, 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas.
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