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| Photo
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Asclepias incarnata L. |
| 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
color: |
Flowers in 4-20 flat clusters , clusters 1-2" wide; magenta, 3/8"; horn projecting well out of hood |
| Flowering/fruiting 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 |
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| Misc.: |
Often used by pollinators for nectar, and also for larval food, especially the Monarch butterfly, which will lay eggs on the plants. |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 572. |
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