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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Asclepias pulchra

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Swamp Milkweed


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image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aspu13_001_lvd

        

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_incarnata_pulchra

June        

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_incarnata_pulchra_2

June        

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_incarnata_pulchra_b

June        

Corolla lobes reflexed; corona horns longer than corona hoods & incurved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm090815_175

August    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm090815_179

August    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm090815_195

August    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm090815_203

August    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

Pollinator at work.

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm110814_245

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm210813_2736

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4899

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4904

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4906

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves moderately to densely pubescent, base rounded to subcordate, apex acute to short-acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4908

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4912

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Plants usually relatively strict, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm091003_044

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

Follicles smooth, 6-10cm long, erect on erect pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra, Eastern Swamp Milkweed

JK Marlow    jkm091022_008

October    Greenville County    SC

Beaverpond & adjacent land

Seeds have silky tufts of hair that aid in dispersal, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asclepias pulchra

 

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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)

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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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