NameThatPlant.net: Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra FAMILY Apocynaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-001b:

Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Swamp Milkweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-001b:
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, bogs, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC, uncommon in Mountains & Piedmont of SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Deep pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla, lobes reflexed
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in 4-20 umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

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