What is Asclepias cordifolia?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |image = Asclepias cordifolia.JPG |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. cordifolia''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias cordifolia'' |binomial_authority = ([[George Bentham|Benth.]]) [[Willis Linn Jepson|Jeps.]] |}} '''''Asclepias cordifolia''''' (also known as the '''heart-leaf milkweed''' or '''purple milkweed''') is a species of [[milkweed]] plant. It is not the same as ''[[Asclepias purpurascens]]'', which is also known as purple milkweed. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to western [[North America]]. Heart-leaf Milkweed is found in [[woodland]]s, [[Rock (geology)|rocky]] [[slope]]s, and [[lava flow]]s. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias cordifolia}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias cordifolia}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASCO ''Asclepias cordifolia'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?583,586,590 ''Asclepias cordifolia'' at Treatment from the Jepson Manual] *[http://www.plantaxa.com/asclepias_cordifolia_heartleaf_milkweed.xhtml ''Asclepias cordifolia'' at Plantaxa] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|c]]