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Definition of Asclepias albicans
1. Noun. Tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Albicans
Literary usage of Asclepias albicans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1890)
"Asclepias albicans Watson.—Magdalena Bay, Santa Maria. Woody at base. Leaves in
these specimens often in pairs; fleshy appendages between the bases of the ..."
2. Botanical Features of North American Deserts by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1908)
"The granite slopes supported a sparse vegetation of such types as Cactus, Ephedra,
Terebinthus microphylla, Asclepias albicans, Eriogonum inflatum, Yucca, ..."
3. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"The granite slopes supported a sparse vegetation of such types as Mammillaria,
Ephedra, Bursera microphylla, Asclepias albicans, ..."