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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Asclepias at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspu13_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_incarnata_pulchra
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_incarnata_pulchra_2
June
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_175
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_179
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_195
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_203
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm110814_245
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2736
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4899
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4904
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4908
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4912
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Plants usually relatively strict, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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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).
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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
134
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p109?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p149?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p106
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p176
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p262?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p051
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p362
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p069
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p110
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p201?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p191
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p227?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p128
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