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Asclepias fascicilaris
A perennial with long pointed leaves and pinkish white flowers arranged in little bunches around the stem. A bonus besides its beauty is that is a monarch butterfly food and habitat plant. Notice the ant in the second photo!
Multiple habitats. This was found in prairie savanna.
Spotted on Jun 28, 2019
Submitted on Jun 28, 2019
2 Comments
Nice spotting. Perhaps you could add the information that it is an important host species in California for endangered monarch butterflies.
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