University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00024034
151d2178-b754-438e-9f27-d9c4a092e900
402338
Asclepias speciosa Torrey
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Robert A. Bye; Edelmira Linares
12903
1984-07-09
09 July 1984
United States, Colorado, Conejos, Between La Jara and Capulin on Colorado 15 ca. 0.7 mi E of Colo 371.
37.2838967 -106.0252554 +-1000m. WGS84
I plotted the UTM along Union Ditch 0.7 miles east of HWY 371 along HWY 15. RA
2330 meters
7644 ft, 2330 m
In flat open cultivated valley with scattered groves of Populus angustifolia; between road and irrigation ditch. Assoc: A. spp. Tragopogon, Taraxacum, Equisetum, Iris, Melilotus.
Flr
Erect perennial with light pink fls; stem with white milky sap.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)