What is Asclepias erosa?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Desert Milkweed |image = Asclepias_erosa_4.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. erosa''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias erosa'' |binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]] |}} '''''Asclepias erosa''''' (also known as the '''desert milkweed''') is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] [[plant]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to the southwestern [[United States]]. It [[bloom]]s from May to July. This species is found in dry [[slope]]s. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Asclepias erosa}} {{wikispecies|Asclepias erosa}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Asclepias erosa'' at USDA PLANT Database] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?583,586,594 ''Asclepias erosa'' at Treatment from the Jepson Manual] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|e]]