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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Asclepias incarnata ssp. 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 Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Asclepias incarnata ssp. 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 (2/10/25):
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Asclepias incarnata ssp. 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)
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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