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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias incarnata L. subsp. incarnata
swamp milkweed
Asclepias: named for the Greek god of healing Asklepios
incarnata: Latin for "flesh" sometimes for flesh color of flowers
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, up to 5' tall forb, milky juice, mostly hairless or sparsely downy; stems with divided branches toward the top |
| Flower: | deep pink to red, 5-parted, 3/8" tall, fragrant,  horns much taller than the hoods; inflorescence usually several, erect umbels; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | pods with many seeds on silky hairs |
| Leaf: | opposite, lance-like or oblong-linear with pointed tips and mostly pointed bases |
| Habitat: | full sun; wet to moist; shores, marshes, streambanks, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil |
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