Asclepias subulata Decne.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Baja California Sur

• Locality

  Vicinity of Rancho San Matías, west of summit of road to San Javier from Loreto

• Elevation

  Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

• Coordinates

  25.9417, -111.52

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Collector’s Note. Between the Las Parras summit (ca.
600 m.) and San 'Javier (ca. 350 m.), the broad upper basin
of Arroyo Santo Domingo is bordered by buttelike peaks
and mesas. Many short side-canyons drain into the main
arroyo. Common in the open area are Lysiloma candida,
Mimosa purpurasensy Bur sera microphylla, Jatropha cin-
ereaì Adelia virgata, Colubrina glabra, Karwinskya Hum-
boldtiana, Opuntia and Pachycereus Pringlei. Larrea tri-
dentata occurs in occasional patches. In the canyons, in ad-
dition to many of the above, are Cassia Goldmanii, Schaef-
feria, Bursera Hindsiana, Sapium biloculare, Ruellia penin-
sulare, Alvordia, Verbesina, Franseria arborescens.
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Sierra de la Giganta
Asclepias subulata Dcne.
Dupl. det. S. P. Lynch, 1985
Clump ca. li. tall, the leaves not yet
shed (in contrast to Carter & Reese 1|579) •
In arroyo with Proso pis 9 Jatropha cinerea >
Sapium biloculare, AcaciaJÍrandegeana*
Vicinity of Rancho San Matías, west of summit of road
to San Javier from Loreto.	Altitude ca. 500 m.
ca. Lat. 250 56^' N., long, hi0 31'W.
Annetta Carter
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Jane Reese	9 June 1963
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