Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-as ka-li-FOR-ni-ka
Common name: California milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed)
Habitat: Frequent on flats, grassy or brushy hill-
sides, dry slopes to 7000', chaparral, yellow pine
and pinyon-juniper woodland
Blooming period: April to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Asclepias
2) californica