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Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Description:

Flowers pink to rose-purple. Narrow lance-shaped leaves with milky sap & very tough stem fibers when dried.

Habitat:

Wet area of a low vegetation open alvar.

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2 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 11 years ago

thx (: Nice, that it has such a long range, lots of insects like to commune on the milkweeds.

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Wonderful photos! This plant is also native to Florida!

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jun 23, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012

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