Asclepias subulata, or Desert milkweed, at a nursery in Palm Desert. Popular with the Queens. October 19, 2015.

A Queen sipping at Asclepias subulata in Palm Desert, Oct. 19, 2015.

Close up of the flowers of Asclepias subulata. There is a large stand of these along the delivery entrance to Sunnylands in Palm Desert. I saw no larvae before security suggested I hurry up and leave. June 17, 2020.