# Southern California Milkweed

*Asclepias californica subsp. californica* Greene

The southern half of the species, running south from Kern and San Bernardino counties through the Transverse and Peninsular ranges.

## How to tell it apart

Crown segments are longer, 4 to 6 mm, and split down more than half their length, often more than three-quarters.

## Where it grows

The dividing line between the two subspecies runs through Kern County, so plants in the southern Sierra, the Tehachapis and everything south of them belong here.

States: CA



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