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Plant
habit
shrubs
herbaceous
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
alternate
opposite
whorled
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
revolute
leaf(let) base
acuminate
attenuate
clasping
cordate
cuneate
obtuse
rounded
truncate
broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
broadest at middle
broadest below middle
Inflorescence
type
panicle
cymose
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
corolla (petal) fusion
petals separate
fused, at least toward base
Fruit or Cone
appendages
wings
copious hair
Stem & Twigs
succulent vs non-succulent
succulent
not succulent
Asclepias of California
Nabhan, Buckley, and Fishbein
Species Count: 16
Apocynaceae
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias californica
Asclepias cordifolia
Asclepias cryptoceras
Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepias erosa
Asclepias fascicularis
Asclepias fruticosa
Asclepias linaria
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asclepias solanoana
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subulata
Asclepias vestita