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Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana)

  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 128767
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020
Description:

Where is Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Serpentine Milkweed can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Serpentine Milkweed (Asclepias solanoana)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Asclepias solanoana in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 63 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Asclepias solanoana from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Asclepias solanoana
Authority Woods.
Family Apocynaceae
CPC Number 8041
ITIS 30303
USDA ASSO
Duration Perennial
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names Asclepias solanoana
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S3
Ecological Relationships

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