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Asclepias cryptoceras
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Photographer: Aaron Schusteff
ID: 0000 0000 0822 0178 (2022-08-04)Copyright © 2022 Aaron Schusteff
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date of photo Jun 20, 2009
location
East of Bodie, near border with Nevada (Mono County, California, US)family
Apocynaceae
notes Habitus shot of one of many Asclepias cryptoceras plants in the area. They had numerous, plentifully-flowered inflorescences which seemed to have been subject to 'early dessication' (due to dryness/heat-stress?) before many of the flowers had fully-opened from bud. I found only a few open flowers among the many plants here. The plants were growing in a strange, 'foamy', 'crusty', and cracked clay-like soil found on the high desert hillside here in the Bodie Hills. The soil had a crunchy crust 5-10 mm thick, and if stepped on one's foot would break the crust and sink a good ways below the crust (around 3 cm or more). photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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| Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)View Calflora record for Asclepias cryptocerasView all photos in CalPhotos of Asclepias cryptoceras Check Google Images for Asclepias cryptoceras |
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