Detailed Information About Swamp Milkweed

Name

Family: 

Apocynaceae

Scientific: 

Asclepias incarnata

Plant Type: 

herbaceous

Plant Characteristics

Height: 

2-3

Bloom Time: 

July-Aug.

Bloom Colour: 

lavender

Native/Non-native: 

native

carolinian

Life Cycle: 

perennial

Habitat Characteristic

Purpose/Use: 

garden

meadow

wetland

Soil Moisture: 

wet

Light Preference: 

sun

part shade