Asclepias californica: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Asclepias californica Greene is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Acerates tomentosa Torr., Asclepias californica subsp. californica, Gomphocarpus tomentosus (Torr.) A. Gray, Gomphocarpus tomentosus var. xanti A. Gray, Gomphocarpus torreyi J.F. Macbr., Gomphocarpus torreyi var. xanti (A. Gray) Macbr..
References regarding Asclepias californica Greene for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Travels in the interior of South Africa (1822)
· Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary … Botany (1859)
· Geological Survey of California, Botany (1876)
· Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay (1894)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1922)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1954)
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Full-text: Purple milkweed, California milkweed.
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