Pronunciation: as-KLEEP-ee-as nik-taj-in-i-FO-lee-a
Common name: Mojave milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Washes and dry slopes to 5500', eastern
Mojave Desert, New York and Providence Mts
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Asclepias
(2) nyctaginifolia