Climbing Milkweed Arizona. The individual flowers have the typical milkweed flower shape 5 sepals and 5 petals that are fringed with white hairs. Wildflowers of southern arizona.
Palmer s bluestar amsonia palmeri hairy climbing milkweed funastrum hirtellum. To 28 inches 71 cm tall. Milkweed preservation in arizona is helping to increase the monarch population.
Vine herb forb arizona native status.
They all seem closely related varying in leaf shape and the degree of hirsuteness. A new facility has opened in scottsdale arizona. The plant is native in parts of california nevada arizona utah new mexico texas oklahoma and arkansas. The climbing milk weed will climb up trees fences and ditches to find its way through gardens and lawns.