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<p>At Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in southern Utah on October 23, 2016, I encountered the rare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_welshii" target="_blank">Welsh&#8217;s milkweed</a>, <em>Asclepias welshii.</em></p>
<p>© 2017 Steven Schwartzman</p>
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