Date: 03/09/2001

Number: 1

March 9, 2001: Native milkweed is reported from the middle of the Texas coast west across south central Texas. Some of the scattered stands of Asclepias oenotheroides (Herba de Zizotes)is now at least 15 cm tall from Port O'Connor (Calhoun County) west to Eagle Pass (Maverick County). Stems of the sprawling Asclepias viridis (Green Milkweed) in Calhoun and Victoria Counties are almost this length. Asclepias asperula (Antelope Horns) of about the same size can be found now from Cuero (DeWitt County) west to northwest of San Antonio (Bexar County). The first blooms of these plants will be visible along the roadsides and in grazed pastures the next two weeks.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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