| Description | A cultivar of the Swamp Milkweed with rose-pink flowers. Good for moist to wet areas of the garden. |
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| Pronunciation | (as-KLEE-pi-as)(in-kar-NAY-ta) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist to wet soils (reported to tolerate average soil conditions) |
| Flowers | umbel clusters of red buds, 3/8", 5-parted, rose pink flowers at the top of stems, fruit a long narrow seed pod filled with seeds on silky hair, blooms second week of July to first week August (Boerner Botanical Gardens Data Base, zone #5) |
| Fruit | bean-shaped seed pod, seeds attached to fluff |
| Leaves | lance shaped to linear leaves, short stalked, opposite, exude a milk sap (toxic) |
| Stems | exude a milk sap (toxic) |
| Dimensions | 3-5 feet tall |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Asclepias tuberosa) honours the Greek god of healing Asclepius (Asklepios in Greek and Aesculapius in Latin) with reference to the plants’ medicinal properties. Incarnata means ‘flesh pink-coloured’.(www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #46-Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin (Eggers and Reed), #83-Favorite Wild Flowers, #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Black and Judziewicz) |
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