Calflora Taxon Report
Asclepias eriocarpa  Benth.
Indian milkweed, Kotolo milkweed, Woolypod milkweed
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2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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2014 Dan Cohn
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2015 Elizabeth Schweitzer
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2024 Ryan O'Dell
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2024 David popp
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2019 Cliff Halverson
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2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2020 Ron Vanderhoff
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2021 Ron Vanderhoff
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2021 Ashley Borrego
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2023 David Wolfson
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2023 Melissa Harbert
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2024 Susan White
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2024 Michele Hammond
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2017 Diane Etchison
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2025 Danna Ojeda
Asclepias eriocarpa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Asclepias
Family: Apocynaceae  
(Asclepiadaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
PLANTSAsclepias eriocarpa var. microcarpa
PLANTSAsclepias fremontii
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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