| Asclepias cordifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Asclepias |
| Species: | A. cordifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Asclepias cordifolia | |
Asclepias cordifolia is a species of milkweed commonly called heart-leaf milkweed or purple milkweed (a common name shared with another milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens).[2] It is native to the western United States (California, Nevada, Oregon), growing between 50 and 2,000 m (160 and 6,560 ft) elevation in the northern Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. Heart-leaf milkweed was valued by the Native American Miwok tribe for its stems, which they dried and processed into string and rope.[3]
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Asclepias cordifolia". NatureServe Explorer Asclepias cordifolia. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Asclepias cordifolia at USDA PLANTS Database
- ^ Campbell, Paul (1999). Survival Skills of Native California. Gibbs Smith. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-87905-921-7.