What is Asclepias incarnata?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Swamp Milkweed |image = Swamp_milkweed_monarch.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Asclepias]]'' |species = '''''A. incarnata''''' |binomial = ''Asclepias incarnata'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |}} '''''Asclepias incarnata''''' is a [[species]] of [[milkweed]] [[plant]]. It is also known as the '''swamp milkweed''', the '''rose milkweed''', the '''pink milkweed''', the '''swamp milkweed''', and '''white Indian hemp'''. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to [[North America]]. It [[bloom]]s from June to August. The flowers are pink. Swamp milkweed is found in wet [[meadow]]s, [[prairie]]s, [[swamp]]s, and [[marsh]]es. It likes moist [[soil]] and sunny or partly shaded places. It grows to a height of {{convert|0.3|to|1.5|m|ft|abbr=off|sigfig=1}}.<ref name=wc>William Cullina (2000). ''Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers of North America.'' The New England Wildflower Society. {{ISBN|0-395-96609-4}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Asclepias incarnata}}<br/> {{wikispecies-inline|Asclepias incarnata}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASIN ''Asclepias incarnata'' at USDA PLANTS Database] *[http://www.evergreen.ca/nativeplants/search/view-plant.php?ID=00106 ''Asclepias incarnata'' at Evergreen Native Plant Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302213834/https://evergreen.ca/nativeplants/search/view-plant.php?id=00106 |date=2023-03-02 }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asclepias|i]]