Swamp Milkweed

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Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata

Common Name: Swamp Milkweed

Updated 2/2012

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Height: 2-5'  Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form:  Upright  Zone:  3-9

Cultural Requirements:  Full sun in moist to wet soils

Ornamental Characteristics:  Clusters of small, pink flowers, followed by slender seed pods.

Butterfly Caterpillar/larval Host: Monarch

Nectar Source/Butterflies Attracted: Monarch, Edward's Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Acadian Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Great Spangled Fritillary

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