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Asclepias incarnata Linnaeus ssp. pulchra (Ehrhart ex Willdenow) Woodson. Common name: Eastern Swamp Milkweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Marshes, bogs, swamps. Distribution: NS and ME south to e. NC, w. SC, GA, and e. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), and s. FL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA14, K4, NcTx, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, W, Woodson (1954); = Asclepias incarnata L. var. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Pers. — C, G, GW2, NE, Tat, Tx, Va, combination unranked by Persoon; = Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd. — S; > Asclepias incarnata L. var. neoscotica Fernald — F; > Asclepias incarnata L. var. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Pers. — F. Basionym: Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd. 1798

Links to other floras: = Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra - FNA14

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra, and Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Mountain Bog, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Grant Morrow Parkins | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra, Track Rock Gap, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra, Mountain Bog, Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra, Mountain Bog, Union County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷

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