Asclepias incarnata
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Antennaria neglecta Greene. |
| Common name: | swamp milkweed |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 6' |
| Foliage: | leaves narrowly oval, broader toward either end, oblong, or linear, 2 1/2 -6", lateral veins in leaf spread at an acute angle |
| Flower: | Flowers in 4-20 flat clusters , clusters 1-2" wide; magenta, 3/8"; horn projecting well out of hood |
| Flowering time: | blooms early July to mid August; fruits August to October |
| Habitat: | wet lowlands, swamps, watersides, alluvium |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide outside the pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Often used by pollinators for nectar, and also for larval food, especially the Monarch butterfly, which will lay eggs on the plants. |