Asclepias curassavica L.

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MSDELLi
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Colombia
DEPTO.
ANTIOQUIA
6°15N
Empty lots and disturbed areas in urban
Medellin in what was once a Humid Subtropical
Forest Zone. Rainfall approx. 1500mm/year.
Alt. 1600m.
Coll.: Starker White and W.S. Alverson
No. 713, Jwn-e 26, 1977,
No. 713«
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Asclepias sp. to 60cm. Petals bright
yellow-orange, recurved sepals, bright red
orange. Stem maroon. Sticky disc black
top of "drum'1 pale yellow, -^he curving
nectar spikes are the same color as the
petals. Latex white. Pods to about 7cm.
by 2cm. at widest, tapering.
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