Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-as er-OSE-a
Common name: Desert milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed)
Habitat: Dry slopes and sandy washes to 6000'
creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper
woodland
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Asclepias
2) erosa