Carried by 4 nurseries
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Asclepias subulata is a species of milkweed known commonly as the rush milkweed or ajamete. This is an erect perennial herb which loses its leaves early in the season and stands as a cluster of naked stalks. Atop the stems are flower clusters of distinctive flowers. Each cream-white flower has a reflexed corolla that reveals the inner parts, a network of five shiny columns, each topped with a tiny hook. The fruit is a pouchlike follicle that contains many flat, oval seeds with long, silky hairlike plumes. This milkweed is native to the desert southwest of the United States and northern Mexico.
Perennial herb
Cream, Yellow, White
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Moderate
Fast
Washes
Creosote Bush Scrub
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 2 likely