Asclepias incarnata
(swamp milkweed)
(swamp milkweed)
Category: Herbaceous Plants
Height: 36 – 48 inches
Spread: 48 inches
Location: Bottom
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
excellent for attracting butterflies; will self-seed
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Sand or Loam or Clay soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
tall, rather open habit, usually unbranched except in upper part of stems
Foliage
dark green, narrow leaves with pointed tips; medium texture; milky sap when stems are broken, but not to the same extent as common milkweed
Flowers
Rounded terminal clusters 4" to 5" across; flowers dusty pink to rose, with the “skirt” darker pink, lightly fragrant; July-August