NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Asclepias subulata

Rush Milkweed

A member of the Asclepiadaceae, the Milkweed Family

Habit of Asclepias subulata, along Oatman Road, Western Mohave Co, BLM.

Habit and habitat.

Off of Oatman Road, milepost 18, at ca. 1680 feet elevation; Bureau of Land Management, western Mohave County.

17 October 2004.

 

Inflorescence of Asclepias subulata, along Oatman Road, Western Mohave Co, BLM.

Inflorescence.

Same plant as in prior image.

17 October 2004.

 

Upper stems with fruit and inflorescence of Asclepias subulata, along Oatman Road, Western Mohave Co, BLM.

Upper stems with several fruit and inflorescence.

Same plant as in prior image.

17 October 2004.

 

Fruit of Asclepias subulata, along Oatman Road, Western Mohave Co, BLM.

Fruit detail from prior image.

17 October 2004.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 26 December 2004; last revised 10 April 2009.

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