# Greene’s Milkweed

*Asclepias californica subsp. greenei* Woodson

The northern half of the species, from Kern and San Luis Obispo counties up through the Coast Ranges and the Sierra foothills.

## How to tell it apart

Crown segments are shorter, 3 to 4 mm, with a squared-off tip, and split down less than half their length. The crown can be light pink rather than the usual red-violet.

## Where it grows

Takes over from the typical subspecies north of Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, including on serpentine, which the southern plant does not use.

States: CA



Source: Flora of North America vol. 14 (2023).