Apocynaceae
White-stem milkweed
Asclepias albicans
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Asclepias
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 白馬利筋, 白马利筋
- English
- White-stem milkweed, Whitestem milkweed, Giant cane milkweed, Wax milkweed
- Spanish
- Jumete, Matacandelilla, Talayote
Flowers
- In flower
- December to April (from 344 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: laiet17, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.